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Is there life on (somewhere other than) Mars?

26th May 2025 Northern Man 0

Once upon a time we knew our place in the universe.  The science was settled and the experts agreed.  The Earth was at the centre of the universe and everything we could see in the [more…]

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Inventions that changed music – Part 3 The electric guitar

25th April 2025 Northern Man 0

 “Necessity is the mother of invention” is a proverb which, though not in those precise words, dates back to at least 6BC, featuring in one of Aesop’s fables (“The Crow and the Pitcher” if you [more…]

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Rejoice comrades! Net Zero Clean Energy is deliverable(ish)

9th January 2025 Northern Man 0

Just as the US election grabbed all of the media attention (and subsequent tears and tantrums) ukelele-wielding, bug-eyed acolyte of Saint Greta Mad Ed Miliband announced with great glee that his plans to deliver us [more…]

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Plugging away – the story of an FOI request

7th March 2024 Northern Man 0

Although I do some project management stuff from time to time as part of my daily grind I am by no means an expert, but I do properly understand the basics. I was pondering the [more…]

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Inventions that changed music – Part 1: The Piano

21st January 2024 Northern Man 0

[This is part one of a short and sproadic series of articles exploring a number of inventions/creations that I think of as being instrumental (hah!) in changing how music is made and/or or how music [more…]

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Choose your super power wisely

20th September 2023 Going Postal 0

Not for the first time, the pub conversation of our small group turned to the question of which super power would be the best one to have.  It was a sunny summer’s Friday evening and, [more…]

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The Bucket List Part One – Pork Pies

20th July 2020 Going Postal 0

[Author’s note – this may be a very short series of articles as my bucket list is not especially fulsome. To give you an idea, item one on it was “Own a bucket”. This might [more…]

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Wankpuffin’s 2018 Going Postal Fireside Christmas Special Spectacular

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