The great Global Warming Conspiricy

As many of the so called Global Warming claims get debunked, the latest being that the Antarctic Ice shelves are not in fact shrinking at all, as has been proven by a recent field study, which has proved the 20 year old computer model on which the ice shrinkage claims were based, to be wrong. I can't help but think that when all the global warming scare stories started about 15 years ago, the warnings that our fossil fuel resources were dwindling, a very real claim, faded from view.
Is it that the dwindling resources claim failed to achieve a global slowdown on resource usage. So a new horror story to try to reduce our fossil fuel usage was brought out, Global Warming!

The truth is that natural resources are dwindling far to quickly and we need to cut our usage and sure the planet is warming up, it's bound to we are still coming out of the last ice age. But the changes are not happening as fast as they claim and mankind's effect on the changes are pretty insignificant!

Raspberry Pi

I have recently taken delivery of my first Raspberry Pi evaluation board.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_pi 
I have it running Debian Linux with xtightvncserver, now I have solved a routing problem with my windows machine it has an internet connection.

It's a great little machine, look forward to integrating it with my various projects, may even look at a Pi cluster!

Reiki

Had a Reiki treatment from my friend who is a qualified Reiki practitioner today.

It was a particularly good session which left us both with a great sense of well being.
There are 2 effects which may be attributed to the Reiki energy, first my IBS which was beginning to flare up settled down and second the solution to a routing problem which had been bugging me for days came to me in a flash of inspiration.

Mock if you like disbelievers!

Computer upgrades

I finished a computer upgrade this week which effectively doubled the processing power of my number crunching machine"Thor", Known as "Thor2" it consists of a second cabinet with second quad core processor and 4 Gb ram connected together by a 1Gbit interconnect.
I managed to achieve this all on my own, with no help and no deva strops, so I'm quite pleased.

For pictures of the build see https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.248738255223979.52416.100002634190089&type=3

I don't need councilling

I went to have my assessment with my councilor and she decided that the way I was dealing with my anxiety was correct. She gave me a big leaflet on coping strategies and was going to recommend to my GP an increase in SSRI dose if I thought it was necessary, she also said that I could always ask my GP for a referral back if necessary.
So overall I'm happy with the outcome.
I just have to learn to accept that I am not so good at coping with things since the stroke.

I've got to see a shrink....

Went to see my GP today and we have decided that he's going to refer me for therapy rather than increasing my SSRI dose to try to sort out my inability to cope with hassles.
Good news is that the DWP have notified my GP that I no longer need sick notes.

Another year older...

...and the grave yawns yet wider! It's only being cheerful that keeps me going!

It was my birthday on Monday.
Birthdays have a greater significance now, another year I'm glad to be alive.
Seeing GP tomorrow, looking at upping my SSRI dose, see if we can get on top of the anxiety that still lurks below the surface. Hopefully I will then be able to cope with things better.