July 8th, 2007 at 5:20 am » Comments (0)

The last three or four weeks, the CPU in my PC has been hitting 105 degrees (centigrade) when it is busy, which is obviously hot enough to boil water! I was ...more »

June 21st, 2007 at 3:07 am » Comments (0)

The title pretty much says it all. A little background before the photo though, the temperature over here is now steadily rising. Today it was around 32 or 33 degrees ...more »

June 9th, 2007 at 11:54 am » Comments (0)

Irina sent me a few photos on Friday, of a tornado on the Caspian Sea, not sure where exactly. I would happily give credit to the photographer, but we don't know ...more »

May 30th, 2007 at 12:48 am » Comments (0)

In the winter, one of the main reasons that Britain seems colder than it is to many people not born there (my wife included!) is the dampness (humidity) in the ...more »

May 14th, 2007 at 2:54 am » Comments (0)

He was away in China on another business trip, but we've just heard he has returned safe and sound. We'll be meeting up with him tomorrow evening to say a ...more »

May 12th, 2007 at 6:44 pm » Comments (0)

OK, so as I previously mentioned the weather has been a little changeable recently, however this week saw even more contrasts. First we had weather where you could walk around ...more »

May 4th, 2007 at 1:37 am » Comments (4)

Wednesday turned out to be quite windy. One minor, short term effect was that a lot of dust from the surrounding desert around Astana was blown into the city. As a comparison, ...more »

April 30th, 2007 at 11:32 pm » Comments (0)

In the summer, one of the main reasons that temperatures of 40 degrees Centigrade and higher are bearable, compared to occasional low 30s in Britain, is the humidity - in ...more »

February 18th, 2007 at 3:00 pm » Comments (2)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astana - check out the climate section in the Wiki for Astana Is it just me, or do the average temperatures for Astana in the summer seem completely unrealistic? I've left ...more »

November 22nd, 2006 at 7:47 pm » Comments (1)

As promised here, these are a couple of quick snapshots of the snow in the daytime... View from straight out the middle balcony's windows and then further to the left... more »

November 20th, 2006 at 2:16 am » Comments (1)

The snow is now settling, and the temperature has dropped. Not sure if we'll yet meet the prediction I passed on earlier last month, but at least it now looks like ...more »

October 31st, 2006 at 3:53 pm » Comments (1)

This is completely unofficial, I must stress (my wife heard from a friend, who heard from a friend, who heard from a meteorologist that...), but rumour has it that due ...more »

September 24th, 2006 at 3:17 am » Comments (0)

Found this article today on Richard Hammond and Top Gear, obviously inspired by the aformentioned's crash. Couldn't stand the guy's attitude to be honest, but have a read and see ...more »

September 19th, 2006 at 12:33 am » Comments (0)

and the weather over here has been rapidly degrading to UK standards, in readiness for his appearance. more »