Shot Spotter

There was a shooting in Mattapan, south Boston on Tuesday which involved four deaths including a 2 year old child.

Police were called to the scene by Shot Spotter which is a relatively new technology which utilises sensors placed on buildings and on telegraph poles to detect gunfire and inform the Police of its location.

What a fantastic idea, much easier than banning or restricting the use of firearms.

Harvard Never Sleeps

I was waiting for Peta to finish her reading last night so that I could subject her to watching pre-adolescent girls swearing prolifically in Kick-Ass and I thought I'd see whether I could upload pictures straight from my phone.

Imagine my surprise this morning!

This is a major step forward for blogging and one which ensure our loyal readers can share in even more moments of our life/lives.

Guess who ran 5 miles yesterday?

I know it may not seem like much to fit young types or fit old types but I ran on a treadmill for one whole hour and ran more than 5 miles for the first time in my gosh-darned life.

It was at least partly to assuage my guilt over not going boxing on Monday but I only hoped to run for half an hour at most (well jog I suppose would be more accurate for those of you of a mathematical bent who have worked out my speed) so I was most surprised to get to 4 miles let alone 5. That's 8kms.

It may have had something to do with staying out of the house while Peta stamped her feet, threw her arms in the air and exhaled through her teeth in the completion of a 500 word assignment. Upon my return the huffing and puffing was not quite done with so I headed off out again to submit the paperwork for my work permit...and stand around in shops...and go to the library...before the all clear was issued and I was safe to return home.

Cambridge Common...end of our road

Harvard Yard - interesting fact...man shot himself in the head on these steps two days ago.

The Mighty Charles River

Rockport - very twee, rubbish beach.