The Linux Journal online magazine has an excellent article briefly covering using free or cheap software, and relatively cheap or open hardware, to diagnose car fault codes or simply inspect your vehicle's status using its OBD-II port.

In the early hours of this morning at 00:30 GMT I witnessed an unusal shooting star.  It was seen just North of Chelmsford, Essex with a South-to-North direction.  It lasted a couple of seconds and was yellowish in colour.  Its width was quite large and it was visible through the clouds.  What was it?  A satellite in polar orbit breaking up, perhaps?

There is a story in the Daily Mail demonstrating the use of HTML 5 to play Super Mario Bros online in the web browser.

Platform 3 Chelmsford (Viaduct Road) is closed, gone, shut down... for good it seems.

I visited last month to redeem a lunch time voucher to find it was only opening in the evening.  Now the window of the shop shows a letter stating that the premises have been entered by National Rail.  Has this company gone bust as well?

A detailed, interactive, panoramic view of London which was taken in 2012.

How to make a balancing robot using a breakout board for Arduino.

The Victory Inn and The Wickham Ship Restaurant, The Green, Wickham St. Paul's, Halstead, Essex CO9 2PT.

A more expensive than average Sunday meal, but of a high quality and plenty of it.

Riverside Inn
Victoria Road
Chelmsford
Essex CM2 6LJ

riversideinnessex.co.uk

I have finally signed up to Twitter as I have been missing lots of tweets on this web site. Please direct any tweets to @E__Parker.

The dates have been set for the Chelmsford winter beer festival 2014. It starts at 5pm on Wednesday 19th of February and finishes at 11pm on Saturday 22nd February. The same as last year, the event will be held at King Edward VI Grammar School, Broomfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 3SX.

Please read on or see the official CAMRA site for further information.