Authoritarianism
Brave New Normal
‘And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save [more…]
Science
Engineering
Cnuteneering, Part Two
Welcome back to Cnuteneering, where the possible is made more difficult by bone headed ignorance, overenthusiasm and pointy metal things being brought together. You may want to refresh your memory on the project in part [more…]
20th Century
The Tank Museum, Bovington
Last week a GP crew visited The Tank Museum, Bovington. Even with the short notice given we were a group of eight two groups of four. It was a pleasure to meet some new puffins. [more…]
Authoritarianism
Lockdown, what’s it all about?
Coronavirus, Covid-19, the Wuhan wheezer, novel-Covid virus, China flu, the Xi JinPlague. Whatever title is preferred today, the global pandemic, which resembles nothing of the sort. Has grasped the world in fear, yet we all [more…]
Arts
Why Resident Evil 4 should not be remade
The last couple of years have seen quite a few old games remade for newer consoles and some of those facing reboots have been the Resident Evil series. Granted, I quite enjoyed the remakes of [more…]
Hobbies
The Padovan Sequence and the Plastic Ratio
The golden ratio is well known and is associated with the Fibonacci sequence of numbers. (phi) is the positive root of the quadratic equation . The exact value is given by Its continued [more…]
Engineering
Cnuteneering
Cnuteneering[ ca-noot-en-neer-ing ] noun The art or science of making practical application of the lack of knowledge of pure sciences, such as physics or chemistry, as in the construction of engines or cars without suffering [more…]
18th Century
Sophie Germain Primes and Cunningham Chains
A Sophie Germain prime is a prime number such that is also a prime number. That is, , where and are both prime. For example, . The sequence begins Sophie Germain () explored these primes [more…]
Authoritarianism
Have you had a Good Pandemic?
Have you had a Good Pandemic? Well, dear Puffins, after six months of unemployment and six months before that having not much to do at work, I am soon going to start a new job [more…]