Jonathan Miller

I'm a big Jonathan Miller fan. It's amazing that someone can be so productive in so many different fields. It's his atheism advocacy that first brought him to my attention several years ago and I started watching and listening to anything with him in.

I met Jonathan Miller once. I saw him queuing for the same flight as me. I was rather excited when I realized I had the seat next to him. Fascinating guy. I was rather star-struck!

I recently watched Laurie Taylor's interview with Jonathan Miller and it inspired me to put together a guide to Jonathan Miller. Enjoy.

British Dinosaurs

DS1 and I had a discussion about which dinosaurs came from our country (Britain). I started looking into this and got a bit carried away resulting in the following resource about British Dinosaurs. I think I should be able to keep ahead of DS1's questions on this topic for a while.

Dinosaur Songs

The boys both love dinosaurs and are starting to enjoy music. We had fun finding dinosaur songs to listen to.
Johnny Cash's Dinosaur Song is my favourite. The Dinosaurs Song from Big Green Rabbit is superb and has an accompanying animation.

See our Dinosaur Songs collection and vote for your favourite.

PV Solar Panel Payback Calculator

We've made a PV Solar Panel Payback Calculator which you can use to work out what return you could get by investing in solar panels versus leaving the cash in a savings account.

Here's an example graph for a 3.76kWh system with the following assumptions:
Cost of system = 3.76 x 4000 = £15040
System output: 3008 kWh/year
Tax rate: 40%
Savings rate: 5%
RPI: 3%
Annual increase in elec cost: 6%
Percentage of generated electricity which is used: 50%
Cost of a unit of electricity: 12p
And we'll won't treat the solar panels as an asset (i.e. we'll say they have 100% initial depreciation).

3.76kWp Solar PV Payback

Try the PV Solar Panel Payback Calculator with your figures and see if you can make money.

Dinosaur and Wildlife Park - Combe Martin

We had a brilliant time at the Dinosaur and Wildlife Park in Combe Martin when we visited North Devon earlier this year.

We've written up a Dinosaur and Wildlife Park review.

Winchester with Kids Google Map

We've created a new Winchester with Kids google map. We've included museums, children's playgrounds, landmarks, toyshops and other places to visit if you live in Winchester or are visiting with kids.

Haven't had chance to add photos yet, but will do.


View Winchester with Kids in a larger map