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Most of you know that I love my history, especial local and ancient. The book I am reviewing this week is 110 years old, written in 1899 by Samuel Barfield and in my opinion is the best reference material for the history of Thatcham. The full title of the book is "Thatcham, Berks, and its manors." The author passed away before having it published and so James Parker arranged for its publication in 1901. The book constists of two volumes, the second of which contains copies of the source materials he used.

What: Dinosaurs were animals that dominated the land from 235 to 65 million years ago, which included the, Jurassic and Triassic periods. Not all of the animals from this period that are thought of as Dinosaurs are actually Dinosaurs. For example, Plesiosaurs and Mosasaurs are commonly called Dinosaurs but are not, they are marine reptiles, well almost.
Around 65 million years ago, the Dinosaurs along with a significant portion of other life was wiped out. There are several theories as to what wiped them out, the most common being a comment or meteor hitting the Earth, but at the same time there were volcanic eruptions happening on a large scale. It may well have been a combination of the two which wiped them out. Either way, this raises two possible what ifs:

Longitude, is the story of the solving of how to accuratley and reliably calculate Longitude. This is based through the eyes of a Navy Commander, Rupert Gould who is played by Jeremy Irons. He discovers some of Harrison's time pieces and lovingly restores them whilst he suffers a break-down. This is placed together with flashbacks to the past showing Harrison's enthusiasm and unending devotion to solving the problems he faced. Well worth a viewing.

Okay, I have mentioned this one before but I find this one so useful, both personally and for business that I could not eresist one more plug for it.  Remember The Milk (RTM) is a site/service that allows you to create a task list.  The difference here is you can prioritise the tasks, add files to the tasks, set deadlines, add reminders (email and SMS), repeat events, you can even send tasks in by email.  The tasks can be made public or kept private and tasks are available as an iCal feed.  You can even have multiple people on a single list, which is good for people shari

Apple Confidential 2.0 is a book detailing the history of Apple and includes detailed information on many of the Apple products including List and the Macintosh. The history includes the making of Apple, the CEO issues and the fall of Apple, then the rise isdetailed with the return of Steve Jobs. A fantastic read for any Mac fan or indeed anyone in to the history of computing.