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We stayed for 3 more days. It was already clear for everyone that they won't allow us to fly from this position, but the command still won't let us out. We needed to evacuate the equipment. We expected to have an NRK at the morning of...
A nice sunny day but wind still cold. Cleaned big rose bed and top borders. The gang came for dinner. Went home 7.30pm. Had a nice play with little Jane.
A short list of things I want to do more often. Always carry a notebook. Learn more new things. Practice more. Prioritize sleep. Listen more than you speak. Write to think. Be useful. Be smart. Create space to think. Read more books....
In preparation for running my equipment from a mixture of power stations and mains power, I’ve been investigating automatic transfer switches. My last post looked at two types of EARU switches which performed quite differently. This...
At the mid-point of the year, asking how the #City26 challenge is coming along. On a pure stats, it is not bad - --% of total hex-count for the year achieved with 50% of the time gone. I have not gotten any of this to table but it has...
"My Back Pages" by The Byrds Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. What song feels like a personal anthem right now? - My Back Pages, written by Bob Dylan, performed by The Byrds One of the greatest lines...
2024 science fiction novella, first of a trilogy. Ada Lamarr is a salvager, but there's a hole in the side of her ship and her suit air supply is running low. Hope that rescuer responds soon…
The following article appeared in The New York Times, June 8, 2026. Mr. Polakow-Suransky is President of the Bank Street College of Education in New York City Last year, I visited a seventh-grade math classroom in a public school in the...
Not many photos exist of Catcott after the line closed on 6 March 1966 with the rest of the former S&DJR apart from a couple of stubs. But here we are at the end of June 1967 as a demolition train waits patiently at the crossing for the...
Murder in Purple and Gold – Lindsey Davis Flavia Albia investigates the murder of a promising young charioteer and we learn about Roman chariot racing: the teams, the fame and the fans. Parallels with Formula 1 and Premier League...
One day last week I decided to return to the beaver swamp to see if I could get some better shots of the rose pogonia orchids that grow there. It was a very windy and changeable day with clouds and sun, and rain possible in the...
Obviously all any of us can talk about is the heatwave. Oooof! I am very grateful for aircon in the office, and just about surviving the nights (even Hargreaves the cat has decided that sleeping under the duvet, on my legs, is no longer...
We are advertising a 3 year postdoctoral position at the University of Western Australia to work at the interface of finite geometry and Ramsey theory. The project is led by John Bamberg at UWA, Sam Mattheus at Vrije Universiteit...
I recently scanned a batch of slides from Florida's Magic Kingdom, date-stamped "November, 1982" - over 40 years old! - and while they are a little bit on the dark side, it gives them a certain dramatic atmosphere that I find to be...