20th Century
They Flew Alone, Part Five
In May 1969 my uncle, John Alldridge, described the voyage of Allcock and Brown for the Montreal Star. This is the last of his reports. – Jerry F It was 4.28 GMT when the heavily [more…]
Technology
Computing
Cnutelectronics, Part Three
Welcome back to Cnutelectronics! It comprises the same bone headed ignorance, overenthusiasm, poor research, pointy metal things as Cnuteneering and also adds the additional danger of very hot soldering irons. If you missed them here [more…]
20th Century
The Flew Alone, Part Four
In May 1969 my uncle, John Alldridge, described the voyage of Allcock and Brown for the Montreal Star. This is the fourth of his reports. – Jerry F Like most cities, St. John’s, Newfoundland, has [more…]
20th Century
The Flew Alone, Part Three
In May 1969 my uncle, John Alldridge, described the voyage of Allcock and Brown for the Montreal Star. This is the third of his reports. – Jerry F When John Alcock was released from his [more…]
20th Century
The Flew Alone, Part Two
In May 1969 my uncle, John Alldridge, described the voyage of Allcock and Brown for the Montreal Star. This is the second of his reports. – Jerry F In the same year that young Jack [more…]
20th Century
They Flew Alone, Part One
In May 1969 my uncle, John Alldridge, described the voyage of Allcock and Brown for the Montreal Star. This is the first of his reports. – Jerry F MANCHESTER — She hangs now, like some [more…]
History
Elementary, my dear Watson – Fe Iron
By now, you should have (happily I hope) settled into our explorations of a day in the life of the elements. So far, we’ve investigated Hydrogen, Carbon, Mercury, Bromine, and Oxygen, taken a canter through [more…]
Politics
When is your power going off?
Apparently things are not as they once were. The world is changing. Or at least in a supposedly first world country, we have been told that there may be times when it is needed to [more…]
Mathematics
Playing With Light
Science, like a sport, is an art that’s well practised. To lose educates you more than to win instantly. Okay, that’s corny but I’ve found that my project failures have taught me more information and [more…]