A blow for electric vehicle owners

This week saw the end of the subsides for charging points for electric vehicles. This means local councils and organisations will now have to put the prices of charging up to pay the costs of the system in full.
Electric vehicles suffer a number of issues, the limited range being probably the biggest problem, sadly battery technology hasn't kept up so range tends to be poor.  The other longer term issue is battery life, I'm told the batteries are only good for a few years, after that owners face an very expensive replacement.
Now with the cost of charging away from home going up sharply it's going to make people think twice about buying electric cars.

Handy hint.

Don't keep the fly spray next to the deodorant unless you want moth-proof armpits!

Domestic violence during world cup

According to fugues published this week domestic violence against women increased by 38% during the world cup.  It seems that some men get so stressed up about the national sides game they take it out on their partner/wife/girlfriend.
A few things occur to me. The first is if this is true, and it's been known for some years then maybe a battered wife/GF etc might just have a claim against the tv company for encouraging violence, after all the tv companies have a duty to protect their viewers from harm caused by their programs.  The second thing is...   come on guys! it's a game, stop takign it so seriously.

Porthcawl.

We went to Porthcawl a few days back, the fair was shut by half six, bloody silly in the middle of summer if you ask me, still heres a few pics.

Not-right Apocalypse Port Talbot

Watch the strangely dressed creatures shuffle aimlessly around the town centre. 
Watch them dribble and splutter cake crumbs. 
Watch them walk out in front of you and stop dead. 
Watch them freeze in terror when the come to a doorway. 
Watch the gangs of strangely dressed walking stick carrying mutants blocking up the isles in the bloody supermarket....   Bugger that just run the silly fuckers over!

University of Massachusetts lowell madness!

The university of Massachusetts Lowell appears to be encouraging students and staff to hack your pin number.  Yes stupid or what!  You'd think a world famous university would discourage it's students and staff from becoming criminals, but they appear to be doing the opposite!
Professor Xinwen Lu of the university has developed a program that worked with Google glass (google= we want all your data) to read your pin number from 3 meters away, and it'll work with other smart phone too.
The professor is going to show the system off at the Blackhat hackers convention.
Now why a reputable university would fund such research is questionable, you have to wonder their motives, personally if I was dean the professor would be looking for a new job tomorrow. 
After all even the suggestion the university is encouraging hacking is worrying, time for the FBI to get involved I think

A few from the marina

While waiting for a hospital appointment yesterday I get a few pics of Swansea marina.