Two-to-the-eighth

Having a birthday on the 255th day of the year is fantastic. Two to the eighth power minus one is a pleasing number. It's 11111111 in binary and FF in hexadecimal. Importantly though, it's the maximum value of one byte. The next number, 256, is the same as zero. You have to catch the overflow in another byte to make sure you keep counting without an automatic modulus. So having a party on the day after my birthday has a nice new-byte feel to it.

Here are some photos of yesterday courtesy of Marisa!

Marius lecturing about beer

Some of the kiddies (they outnumbered the adults!)

Some kiddies were a bit shy

The kiddies colonised the trees...

... the trampoline...

... and the other trees

Neil, a future tree-climber and trampoline-jumper