20th Century
The Lancaster Bomber
Most will know about the Lancaster Bomber, that it was designed by Ray Chadwick to carry a huge bomb load a very long way and was probably the best bomber in WWII, certainly the most [more…]
Science
Computing
Cnuteneering, Part Thirty Five
Welcome back to Cnuteneering, where the possible is made more difficult by bone headed ignorance, overenthusiasm and pointy metal things being brought together. It’s been a while – you may want to refresh your memory [more…]
Mathematics
Chaos Theory – A gentle introduction
Question: Do snails understand mathematics? Ok here’s an idea. Start with the value 0 and 1 and then apply the following rule. Take the last 2 numbers you have and then add them, to make [more…]
20th Century
Mitchell’s Spitfire
Earlier this year, we revisited The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery in Hanley, primarily because we wanted to see the Anglo-Saxon Staffordshire Hoard exhibits once again. Now living only a few miles away, a quiet [more…]
20th Century
How I came to mistrust, then detest the Main Stream Media
Ed. This was sent to me in 2018 by Moscow Fred, sadly he was never able to finish it. RIP Fred. I was reminded of it by the documentary on The Herald of Free Enterprise [more…]
History
Tremors and logs
Fracking is once again in the news, once again you will hear of the dire consequences, the disasters and the earthquakes caused by drilling and fracturing the shale underground. It was suggested that the proposed [more…]
Mathematics
Calculators and Reverse Polish Notation
At the end of September, Doc Mike Finnley posted an interesting article about early pocket calculators that caught my eye (I avoided reading any comments). I enjoyed his construction notes, given many of these older [more…]
Arts
Pumpkin time
By now, you will doubtless have figured out that I have a very keen interest in glass, so while we were visiting the lovely Northeast of England for a few days recently, we took the [more…]
Health
Coronavirus – the first thousand days
The earliest stats on the coronavirus that I can find – numbers of cases and deaths – were recorded by John Hopkins university on 19th January 2020, with 204 cases and 3 deaths. There are [more…]