we like it when it is windy: January 2010

Saturday, 30 January 2010

Hoxton accent? My Fair Lady.

Working on programme for musical tonight.
With scribus. Nice except tables (and paste from clipboard must mess with versions on ubuntu jaunty).

When is my Fair Lady set and what would a Hoxton accent have sounded like in those days?

Eliza - I'm a good girl, I am!
Higgin - Yes, dear. Yes.
Hoxton man - Where do I come from?
Higgins - Hoxton.
Hoxton man - Well, who said I didn't?
? - Blimey, you know everything, you do.

http://www.allmusicals.com/lyrics/myfairlady/script.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockney
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoxton

This girl - Amy Walker - is pretty entertaining:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UgpfSp2t6k
Amy Walker. 21 accents.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJyTA4VlZus&feature=channel
How To Learn Any Accent Part 1
A masterclass with Amy Walker (of "21 Accents") to empower You to teach yourself any accent on the planet. Learn the way Amy learned -with the world as your classroom. http://www.21Accents.com Amy's current feature film project: http://www.ConnectedFilm.com Amy's personal website: http://www.AmyWalkerOnline.com
Vibes to You in all you do!

Ascot Gavotte
Ev'ry duke and earl and peer is here
Ev'ryone who should be here is here.
What a smashing, positively dashing
Spectacle: the Ascot op'ning day.

At the gate are all the horses
Waiting for the cue to fly away.
What a gripping, absolutely ripping
Moment at the Ascot op'ning day.

Pulses rushing! Faces flushing!
Heartbeats speed up! I have never been so keyed up!
Any second now They'll begin to run. Hark!
A bell is ringing, They are springing Forward Look!
It has begun...! . . . . . .

What a frenzied moment that was!
Didn't they maintain an exhausting pace?
'Twas a thrilling, absolutely chilling Running of the
Ascot op'ning race.

With a Little Bit of Luck
A man was made to help support his children
Which is the right and proper thing to do
A man was made to help support his children
But, with a little bit of luck, with a little bit of luck
They'll go out and start supporting you
(With a little bit, with a little bit)
(With a little bit of luck they'll work for you)

(He doesn't have a tuppence in his pocket)
(The poorest bloke you'll ever hope to meet)
(He doesn't have a tuppence in his pocket)
(But, with a little bit of luck, with a little bit of luck)
(He'll be movin' up to Easy Street)
(With a little bit, with a little bit)
(With a little bit of luck he's movin' up)
(With a little bit, with a little bit)
(With a little bit of bloomin' luck)

I'm getting married in the morning
Doolittle and Everyone:
I'm getting married in the morning
Ding dong! the bells are gonna chime.
Doolittle: Drug me or jail me, Stamp me and mail me.
All: But get me to the church on time!
I gotta be there in the morning
Spruced up and lookin' in me prime.
Doolittle: Some bloke who's able Lift up the table,
All: And get me to the church on time!
Doolittle: If I am flying Then shoot me down. (Then shoot me down)
If I am wooin', Get her out of town!
All: For I'm getting married in the morning!
Ding dong! the bells are gonna chime.
Doolittle: Feather and tar me;
Call out the Army; But get me to the church.
All: Get me to the church...
Doolittle: For Gawd's sake, get me to the church on time!

~ ~ ~ ~ The crowd “pulls out the stopper” and dances a wild street dance. ~ ~ ~ ~

Harry and Everyone: Starlight is reelin' home to bed now.
Mornin' is smearin' up the sky. London is wakin'.
Daylight is breakin'. Good luck, old chum,
Good health, goodbye.
Doolittle: I'm gettin' married in the mornin'
Ding dong! the bells are gonna chime...
Hail and salute me Then haul off and boot me...
And get me to the church, Get me to the church...
For Gawd's sake, get me to the church on time!

Wouldn't It Be Loverly?

It's rather dull in town, I think I'll take me to Paree.
Mmmmmm.
The mistress wants to open up
The castle in Capri.
Me doctor recommends a quiet summer by the sea!
Mmmm, Mmmm, wouldn't it be loverly?

Eliza All I want is a room somewhere,
Far away from the cold night air.
With one enormous chair,
Aow, wouldn't it be loverly?
Lots of choc'lates for me to eat,
Lots of coal makin' lots of 'eat.
Warm face, warm 'ands, warm feet,
Aow, wouldn't it be loverly?
Aow, so loverly sittin' abso-bloomin'-lutely still.
I would never budge 'till spring
Crept over me windowsill.
Someone's 'ead restin' on my knee,
Warm an' tender as 'e can be. 'ho takes good care of me,
Aow, wouldn't it be loverly?
Loverly, loverly, loverly, loverly
[REPEAT]

With a Little Bit of Luck
music by Frederick Loewe; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
ALFIE:
The Lord above gave man an arm of iron
So he could do his job and never shirk.
The Lord gave man an arm of iron, but
With a little bit o' luck,
With a little bit o' luck,
Someone else'll do the blinkin' work!

ALFIE, JAMIE AND HARRY:
With a little bit... with a little bit...
With a little bit o' luck you'll never work!

ALFIE:
The Lord above made liquor for temptation,
To see if man could turn away from sin.
The Lord above made liquor for temptation, but
With a little bit o' luck,
With a little bit o' luck,
When temptation comes you'll give right in!

ALFIE, JAMIE AND HARRY:
With a little bit... with a little bit...
With a little bit o' luck you'll give right in.

ALFIE:
Oh, you can walk the straight and narrow;
But with a little bit o' luck,
You'll run amuck!
The gentle sex was made for man to marry,
To share his nest and see 'is food is cooked.
The gentle sex was made for man to marry, but
With a little bit o' luck,
With a little bit o' luck,
You can have it all and not get hooked.

ALFIE, JAMIE AND HARRY:
With a little bit... with a little bit...
With a little bit o' luck you won't get hooked.
With a little bit... with a little bit...
With a little bit o' bloomin' luck!

ALFIE:
They're always throwin' goodness at you;
But with a little bit o' luck,
A man can duck!
ALFIE:
The Lord above made man to 'elp is neighbor,
No matter where, on land, or sea, or foam.
The Lord above made man to 'elp his neighbor, but
With a little bit o' luck,
With a little bit o' luck,
When he comes around you won't be 'ome!

JAMIE AND HARRY:
With a little bit... with a little bit...
With a little bit o' luck,
You won't be 'ome.
With a little bit... with a little bit...
With a little bit o' bloomin' luck!
[dialog]
ALFIE:
A man was made to 'elp support his children,
Which is the right and proper thing to do.
A man was made to 'elp support his children, but
With a little bit o' luck,
With a little bit o' luck,
They'll go out and start supportin' you!
ALFIE, JAMIE AND HARRY:
With a little bit... with a little bit...
With a little bit o' luck they'll work for you!
With a little bit... with a little bit...
With a little bit o' bloomin' luck!
ALFIE:
Oh, it's a crime for man to go philanderin'
And fill his wife's poor 'eart with grief and doubt.
Oh, it's a crime for man to go philanderin', but
With a little bit o' luck,
With a little bit o' luck,
You can see the bloodhound don't find out!

ALFIE, JAMIE AND HARRY:
With a little bit... with a little bit...
With a little bit o' luck she won't find out!
With a little bit... with a little bit...
ALFIE:
With a little bit o' bloomin' luck!

ARTIST: Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe
TITLE: With a Little Bit of Luck
Lyrics and Chords

[My Fair Lady]

The Lord above gave man an arm of iron
So he could do his job and never shirk
The Lord above gave man an arm of iron - but
With a little bit of luck, with a little bit of luck
Someone else'll do the blinkin' work
With a little bit, with a little bit
With a little bit of luck you'll never work

/ C G C - / / F - - E7 / F - G C /
/ F G C - / G - C - / C G C - /

The Lord above made liquor for temptation
To see if man could turn away from sin
The Lord above made liquor for temptation - but
With... / When temptation comes you'll give right in
With... you'll give right in

Oh, you can walk the straight and narrow
But with a little bit of luck you'll run amok

/ F - C - / D - G - /

The gentle sex was made for man to marry
To share his nest and see his food is cooked
The gentle sex was made for man to marry-but
With... / You can have it all and not get hooked
With... you won't get hooked
With a little bit, with a little bit
With a little bit of bloomin' luck

The Lord above made man to help is neighbor
No matter where, on land, or sea, or foam
The Lord above made man to help his neighbor - but
With... / When he comes around you won't be home
With... you won't be home

They're always throwin' goodness at you
But with a little bit of luck a man can duck

Oh, it's a crime for man to go philanderin'
And fill his wife's poor heart with grief and doubt
Oh, it's a crime for man to go philanderin', but
With... / You can see the bloodhound don't find out
With... she won't find out
With a little bit, with a little bit
With a little bit of bloomin' luck

He doesn't have a tuppence in his pocket
The poorest bloke you'll ever hope to meet
He doesn't have a tuppence in his pocket-but
With... / He'll be movin' up to easy street
With... he's movin' up
With a little bit, with a little bit
With a little bit of bloomin' luck
Jamie, Harry, Friends:
There's just a few more hours.
That's all the time you've got. A few more hours
Before they tie the knot. Doolittle
There are drinks and girls all over London,
and I've gotta track 'em down in just a few more hours!

I'm getting married in the morning! Ding dong!
The bells are gonna chime. Pull out the stopper!
Let's have a whopper! But get me to the church on time!
I gotta be there in the mornin'
Spruced up and lookin' in me prime.
Girls, come and kiss me;
Show how you'll miss me.
But get me to the church on time!

If I am dancin' Roll up the floor.
If I am whistlin' Whewt me out the door!
For I'm gettin' married in the mornin'
Ding dong! the bells are gonna chime.
Kick up an rumpus But don't lost the compass;
And get me to the church, Get me to the church,
For Gawd's sake, get me to the church on time!

Doolittle and Everyone:
I'm getting married in the morning
Ding dong! the bells are gonna chime.
Doolittle: Drug me or jail me, Stamp me and mail me.
All: But get me to the church on time!
I gotta be there in the morning
Spruced up and lookin' in me prime.
Doolittle: Some bloke who's able Lift up the table,
All: And get me to the church on time!
Doolittle: If I am flying Then shoot me down. (Then shoot me down)
If I am wooin', Get her out of town!
All: For I'm getting married in the morning!
Ding dong! the bells are gonna chime.
Doolittle: Feather and tar me;
Call out the Army; But get me to the church.
All: Get me to the church...
Doolittle: For Gawd's sake, get me to the church on time!
~ ~ ~ ~ The crowd “pulls out the stopper” and dances a wild street dance. ~ ~ ~ ~

Harry and Everyone: Starlight is reelin' home to bed now.
Mornin' is smearin' up the sky. London is wakin'.
Daylight is breakin'. Good luck, old chum,
Good health, goodbye.
Doolittle: I'm gettin' married in the mornin'
Ding dong! the bells are gonna chime...
Hail and salute me Then haul off and boot me...
And get me to the church, Get me to the church...
For Gawd's sake, get me to the church on time!

http://www.guntheranderson.com/v/data/withalit.htm - with a little bit of luck and Chords
http://www.allmusicals.com/lyrics/myfairlady/ascotgavotte.htm
http://www.reelclassics.com/Musicals/Fairlady/fairlady-lyrics.htm
http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/w/withalittlebitofluck.shtml
http://www.allmusicals.com/lyrics/myfairlady/wouldntitbeloverly.htm

Why people vote the wrong way!?

This from the BBC is very interesting.

"in politics, when you are explaining, you are losing. And that makes anything as complex or as messy as healthcare reform a very hard sell."

"stories always trump statistics"

"in contemporary politics, if you can fake sincerity, you have got it made"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8474611.stm

... please excuse me ... this is how I rant ... mostly to myself inside my head ... sometimes to Fionnuala ... sometimes to my computer/everyone in the whole wide intarweb ...

What in this world now is not made complex, even seemingly simple things opened up to debate and put under the microscope suddenly have murky waters with hydraen creatures lurking). Any issues with complexity like any green/environment/planning issues, like Lisbon have many facets. If you are against one facet then it puts you against the whole thing. Focus is much more easily put against any negative facets and positive facets count for nothing.

We must understand all facets of an issue logically and scientifically correctly and work out the best solutions. But when debating politically and persuading people the logic and intellectual argument only counts for a little.

Can we debate and convince people of the correct argument in an entertaining and sincere and emphatic way which is also honest and accurate?

After working out the intellectual argument every point should be translated to allegory. But that can then be countered by better allegory. Nuts.

etymology of allegory

Ben Goldacre's bad Science

Bruce Schneier on Security

Green Party Ireland

Sunday, 24 January 2010

connect vpn linux

sonicwall netExtender connect into work in one go with cmd-line right now. It took me 50 or so gos on Fri :-7 on linux. Prog crashes. Seems to be a combined java and maybe C/C++ something compiled project. Maybe java for gui. I wonder could I fix it.
Is there one crash or more than one? Is it in GUI or client and/or also pppd or others?
I thought at one stage it seemed that a 10-char password would work but not shorter lengths. But I think that might not be the case now.

as vpn connecting goes I was very happy I could get onto network easily enough while using linux or windows. The linux client doesn't seem to be fantastically tested though.

good log:

NetExtender for Linux - Version 3.5.632 .1111P|.

User Access Authentication
Password:
Connecting to SSL-VPN Server "x". . .
Connected.
Logging in...
Login successful.
One Time Password:
Password accepted
Using SSL Encryption Cipher 'DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA'
Using new PPP frame encoding mechanism
You now have access to the following 4342 remote networks:
NetExtender connected successfully. Type "Ctrl-c" to disconnect...
^CDisconnecting NetExtender...
Terminating pppd.......
SSL-VPN logging out...
SSL-VPN connection is terminated.
Exiting NetExtender client

netExtenderClient/
98049 2009-04-30 20:14 libNetExtender.so
73992 2009-04-30 20:14 netExtender
183 2009-04-30 20:14 netExtenderGui
67210 2009-04-30 20:14 NetExtender.jar
220 2009-04-30 20:14 sslvpn
52 2009-04-30 20:14 sslvpnroute

bad logs:

2010-01-22 22:58:07 GMT INFO com.sonicwall.NetExtender Logging initialized.
2010-01-22 22:58:09 GMT INFO com.sonicwall.NetExtender NetExtender version 3.5.632
Making a global reference ot the NetExtenderControl object registered with JNI
SUSE/Ubuntu compatibility mode on
printlog: first getting class id
printlog: getting printTologFromJNI method id
Found method id
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,,mmbbbbbb11111111111111111111111bbbbbmm,,,
,,,b||PPPPPPP||````````````````|PPPPPPPPP111111111111bbm,,
`````` `````PPPP111111111bm,
```PP1111111bm,
`PP111111b,
|111111:
NetExtender for Linux - Version 3.5.632 .1111P|.
Copyright (c) 2009 SonicWALL, Inc. ,b1PP|`
,,||```
Loading saved profiles...
Loaded profile: x
Done.
JNI: setDestination:Setting Destination: x
JNI: LaunchNX: mypid = 3758
JNI: LaunchNX: Launching NetExtender2
JNI: LaunchNX: Using destination IP x
JNI: LaunchNX: launching NX

Connecting to SSL-VPN Server "x". . .
Connected.
Logging in...
Login successful.
buff = []
printlog: first getting class id
printlog: getting getOtpPassword method id
Found method id
len=9
checkpoint 5
checkpoint 6, len = 9
temp buff is x
right before snprintf, the result buff is still x
returning from otp_get_pass, result pointer is still 0x82bcac0
otp pass is x length = 9
Password accepted
Using SSL Encryption Cipher 'DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA'
Using new PPP frame encoding mechanism
]?????H??? SSL-VPN logging out...
SSL-VPN connection is terminated.
Exiting NetExtender client
JNI: LaunchNX: Exiting LaunchNX, returning (0)
Loading saved profiles...
Loaded profile: x
Done.
2010-01-22 23:00:54 GMT INFO com.sonicwall.gui.NetExtenderRootPanel NetExtender disconnected
2010-01-22 23:00:54 GMT INFO com.sonicwall.NetExtender Previous NetExtender thread still alive. Waiting...
2010-01-22 23:00:54 GMT INFO com.sonicwall.NetExtender Done waiting.

AGAIN:

JNI: LaunchNX: mypid = 3758
JNI: LaunchNX: Launching NetExtender2

otp pass is x length = 10
Password accepted
Using SSL Encryption Cipher 'DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA'
Using new PPP frame encoding mechanism
SSL-VPN logging out...
ERROR: BIO_do_connect: Interrupted system call (4)
Logout command failed
SSL-VPN connection is terminated.
Exiting NetExtender client
JNI: LaunchNX: Exiting LaunchNX, returning (0)
Loading saved profiles...
Loaded profile: x
Done.
2010-01-22 23:01:13 GMT INFO com.sonicwall.gui.NetExtenderRootPanel NetExtender disconnected
pppd: no device specified and stdin is not a tty

AGAIN:

JNI: LaunchNX: mypid = 3758
JNI: LaunchNX: Launching NetExtender2
.
.
.
Using SSL Encryption Cipher 'DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA'
Using new PPP frame encoding mechanism

]???VgSSL-VPN logging out...
SSL-VPN connection is terminated.
Exiting NetExtender client
JNI: LaunchNX: Exiting LaunchNX, returning (0)
Loading saved profiles...

AGAIN:
JNI: LaunchNX: mypid = 3758
JNI: LaunchNX: Launching NetExtender2

pppd: no device specified and stdin is not a tty
WARNING: Pppd terminated because it was sent a SIGINT, SIGTERM or SIGHUP signal. (5)

AGAIN:
JNI: LaunchNX: mypid = 3758
JNI: LaunchNX: Launching NetExtender2
.
.
Using SSL Encryption Cipher 'DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA'
Using new PPP frame encoding mechanism
]???V?HmSSL-VPN logging out...
SSL-VPN connection is terminated.
Exiting NetExtender client
JNI: LaunchNX: Exiting LaunchNX, returning (0)

etc etc

diary: My Fair Lady rehersals, work, toy fun, Martin party, papier maché planets, visit Clogherhead

Rehersals for My Fair Lady this week. Printed lyrics which were handy.
Wed dancing. Out in the hall so there is some more space. Ascot Gavotte is set. Walk on in couples behind, groups of ladies all with parasols in front. Also "I'm getting married" wild dance. Thur sing Little bit of Luck harmony, measuring, dancing "I'm getting married" then sing together and run the Ascot Gavotte of which I have no clue of the harmony. I put some of the bass line into rosegarden but it's proving very fiddly and music notation seems to get a little out of sync ... an extra ghost eight inserting in somewhere!?

In work finally by friday have ALL test scripts written. Weekend and Mon and Tue nightly run and test system get worse and worse with fixes and workarounds on the system and also in scripts. Logon from home in eve and check nightly, fix whatever broke it as best as can, also fix up scripts, examine logs, Kick off nightly and monitor. Thur nightly run goes well. 20 pass, 22 fail. Friday we've got things well in hand waiting to integrate in labview tests though which we do get to at 17:30.

At home school on this week, except in-service day Friday. Wed I leg it home - dancing finished 21:00 on the dot and I leg it home in car so Fionn can go to soccer.

Sat morn we have coffee and girls and I play with my christmas presents from Kate. Balloon powered helicopter and parachuting cap banger. Bit of make & do putting them together and getting balloon-copter to fly. Kate has gymnastics, Roshi brings Maeve to library, I get print cartridge and no rabbit food in woodies, Fionn other shops and meets another gymnastics Mom and kid for coffee, Daire visiting friends.

I cycle into Rathmines, St Louis school for Coram Boy rehersal. Two men with shovel and two guards/executioners. Loads of cast - teens and some kids. We stay quiet for good while and scenes set - fin 19:0x and leg it home. Shower. Some food. Martin's party. Carry tree fern over. Yum hummus, bruschetta, red wine, curry, salads. Meet Yatzek who I've often saluted as he cycles past. Other people. Douglas still into magnets, water treatment, blood treatment, fuel treatment - using divining/energy fields/lines. Tai chi and transferring weight from leg to leg techniques could be handy for dancing. I sing a couple of songs but find alcohol(/group?) causes problems with words - even kicking off very familiar ones to me. Spancil hill. Cad é sin don té sin. Fionn and I do Dúlaman later - that would be a good party one.

Sunday Daire has soccer at 10. We get up 9:45 and Fionn brings D. Kate and I work on her planets project. She papiér machés a balloon and I do an origami box then just scrunched balls (which are more spherical). We might cover them in plaster of paris when done to make surface and maybe add atmosphere somehow. Flour + ground coffee simulate a planetary surface. Bombarded with some pebbles and breadcrumbs.

We go to Cloughjordan and meet Orla and Charlie Bird on the beach. Charlie is really nice. Very quiet but really interested in other dogs. Strong enough too. Very thin. I think he's very mastif like? He's part boxer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Mastiff http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxer_dog. Lovely beach for a walk. We like rocks. Kate collects shells and some small (and dead) starfish.
Visit house and get tea and tour and play with piano and mandolin.

Home -1 celcius ish and a bit but not very foggy.

Thursday, 14 January 2010

The churches are like an individual who has a mental illness.

The churches are like an individual who has a mental illness.
They have specific problems, just one of which is the anti-gay position.
They need help, some psychiatry perhaps.
They are a bit dangerous to society so ... Hmmm.

Pat (the plank) has a Gay person, a Theologian (who is anti- the anti-gay stance of Catholic church), a Catholic and a Muslim right now.
http://www.rte.ie/radio/index.html

Grr.

Thursday, 7 January 2010

snow cycling commute Dublin. 5 trips and 2 slips

I've been cycling since Tue. 5 trips and 2 slips. Oops. No damage to self or bike.

Ken’s tip very true: When the tyres go quiet watch out it's slippy you’re going top fall.

This morning: don't try cycling on those ridges of slush in the cycle lane that looks like slush but is actually frozen!

I'm commuting from Sandyford to Park West, about 15km.

It has snowed a bit in Dublin and temperatures are below 0 for a week so far which we’re not used to in Ireland.

Roads cleared less actively than last year I think.

Snow during day Wed meant loads of cars left early to get home, got stuck in traffic and also the gritters/salters couldn’t treat the roads as they were stuck in traffic.

We need snow plows – cheap snow plows on cars, trucks would probably be good.

Monday: Our housing estate has packed snow on paths and roads.

Roads a little bit better as they were gritted and driven on.

Our footpath was a bit clear as we swept it.

Motorbiked. Motorbike battery charger had fallen off. Bike wouldn’t start so I jumped it with the car.

Bigger roads mostly clear, motorway clear but could see nasty sheen, bigger roads clear (some isolated bad patches) then Park West industrial estate roads bad.

Cars leaving from early afternoon.

But slippy ice on small incline made them stuck for hours.

When I left 18:00ish that queue was just clearing.

Park west security people directing cars up the in-lane (which was clear from cars driving on it in morning).

Actually Mororbike would not start. The Bus jump started me! THANKS Bus driver!

Tue: Cycled to and from work.

Main roads pretty clear. Avoid nasty ice and stuff in cycle lane but could use half cycle lane mostly when it existed.

Snow and ice on off-road cycle lanes so didn’t go near them.

On footpath a couple of times when passing queues of traffic.

Going home was pretty okay – things had thawed a bit – some places better but others worse.

T-shirt only under coat so not overheated.

Buff for ears. Light ski gloves. Cat boots working quite nicely.

Wed:

Bit more of an adventure today. Snow hadn't cleared out much but roads were clear ish and salting of main roads made cycling okay in morning.

Snow during day caused fun. Cars started trying to go home from morning but small incline on road slippy, one car stuck which caused everyobne to be stuck. People should use bumpers and push :) Also further over when going to lunch and from reports of everyone checking up on each other all park west roads jammed solid. People left 2 or 3 and gave up after an hour or more.

I slipped near Rathfarnham church going home . Slippy slippy ice. Bike and I slid along a bit. No damage, front mudguard moved a bit. Better on footpath. That was the worst set of ice I had seen. Park west road and hill in iopposite dir to me and also ice around roads by Rathfarnham shopping centre was quite bad (and worse for cars as the ice was on hills). On the icy hills some cars were doing a very bad job. Revving alot and wheels slipping and really polishing up the ice.

Phew! Starved. Pasta + red cabbage (braised, lots) + lamb burger +other scraps.

Earlier for lunch ham + cheese + coleslaw baguette, 1 apple, 2 bananas, loads of coffee.

Usual porredge + rasins + museli + milk for breakfast.

The rabbits seem to be having lots of fun.

They don't rush in when door is opened (as they were doing a bit when it was aboput 0 degrees).

They run and jump in the snow.

And still seem to sit just about anywhere.

Replacing water at least 2wice a day for them.

Thur:

Our estate roads still covered. More main roads have plenty of snow - but it is broken a bit from salt/grit and light traffic. I cycle where there is grip. No cycle paths free this morning.

I slipped this morn near Sandyford. Nipped into frozen ridge of slush on bike lane. It looks just like soft unfrozen slush. Crunch. Frozen slush absorbs impact okay. This morning on all roads there was plenty of snow. Also with ice in ridges underneath and softer snow above. Different layering of snow on duifferent roads. Very few places with even a bit of road clear to the road surface. Cycling on flat surfaces best. Road mostly.

Cycle on footpath a few times. Packed snow but with crunch on top, grip is fine.

Passed Brian Murphy walking in from Rathfarnham.

Some tips and techniques:

http://www.nuttycyclist.co.uk/cycling/commuting.htm

http://www.nuttycyclist.co.uk/cycling/making-progress.htm

http://www.nuttycyclist.co.uk/cycling/filtering-1.htm

I agree with Nutty cyclist, don't soften your bike tyres! And use Mountainbike tyres.

I have a mountainbike tyre on back and normal road tyre on front hybrid bike.

http://www.bicyclinglife.com/Recreation/wintercycling.htm

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2010/jan/06/tips-cycling-in-snow

http://www.icebike.org/Articles/techniques.htm

http://www.icebike.org/Articles/commuting.htm