Physics
The Death of a Star
The star in question is Betelgeuse (pronounced Beetle Juice). Betelgeuse is what is known as a Red SuperGiant, a star so massive that if it were at the centre of our Solar System in place [more…]
Science
Arts
Something’s Wrong With The FFRC – Episode 1
The following short video is a fictional account of an imaginary craft and crew searching the far reaches of cyberspace. All characters are the result of a very sick mind and any familiarity to persons [more…]
Arts
Shunting forwards and backwards
Some you win, some you lose. Modelling, like life isn’t a smooth, seamless journey without problems or setbacks. Ok that’s a bit dramatic. We left this saga at the point where most of the layout [more…]
Arts
No Industry Is Safe From The Identity Police
Diversity in gaming: Industry promises to improve Identity politics has stuck its grubby paws into every cookie jar so it was no surprise when I read an article the other day decrying the lack of [more…]
Health
SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 update 1
They say a week is a long time in politics, and an identical maxim could be applied to the field of commentary concerning emerging diseases. Not only has 2019-nCoV been renamed SARS-CoV-2, with a payload [more…]
20th Century
Fleet Air Arm Museum
End of January I had a trip down to the Fleet Air Arm Museum at RNAS Yeovilton with a couple of fellow Postaliers. Don’t arrive after 11 am if you want breakfast in the cafeteria. [more…]
Mathematics
Swivel on it…
In previous parts we have considered and described linear motion and constant linear acceleration. We will now expand upon this a little and consider how the same principles apply to rotation. Again firstly we will [more…]
15th Century
Disintermediation
My first job was as a graduate trainee for a merchant bank in the City in the late 1980s and among the many buzzwords that the Slick Willies of that profession used to bandy about [more…]
Mathematics
Gravity is getting me down…
As promised in part two we will now construct an experiment to demonstrate acceleration under gravity, show how vectors can be “resolved” into a 2 dimensional plane (3 three dimensional if you fancy the extra [more…]