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Friday, February 5th, 2010




My not-so-new but favourite blog is Cooking Issues, which is the French Culinary Institute’s tech blog.
Some interesting articles to start with:
Monty Don’s guide to making soap …

Image from NASA’s Terra satellite, huge version here.
(Photo by Nicu)
Yesterday I visited Beaufort Court a.k.a. the Kings Langley wind turbine, which is sited on the old Ovaltine chicken farm …


Solar powered train:

Chotto-chicken:


I went to Bletchley Park today (Wikipedia page), home of the code-breaking efforts during World War II.
On my own!
They are starting to preserve the original nissen huts and later brick buildings like this one …

The rebuilt Colossus, arguably the first digital computer:

Captured Japanese codebooks:


They have their own Harrier:

and at the end of the day there was a fly-past by a WWII Hurricane:

I’ll have to take N-sama next time!
Today to the Mosquito Aircraft Museum / De Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre in Hertfordshire.
Chipmunk, similar to the ones I used to fly in AEF:

Comet 4 interior:

De Havilland Gyron engine:

Vampire trainer jet (one of two at the museum which are both very well preserved):

Mosquito, built and used during World War II:

Top gun … is it Tom Cruise?





Interesting BBC news article about more evil invaders from the continent and beyond. Including our least favorite, the Harlequin ladybird, and a new one: a beetle that eats rosemary and lavender plants.
My brain is dribbling out of my nose watching The Core (2003). Best (worst) quote: “That’s all Science is, best guess.”
How To Make A Burning Laser Flashlight
VideoJug is quite a fun website actually. One day I’ll have to make these fish fingers:
Previously: Uncanny valley of the dolls …
I bought a Crookes radiometer from these people yesterday. Today the sun came out for just a few minutes and it actually works. I was fascinated by these things at school, but I’m also disappointed to find out that they don’t work because of “light pressure”, which is what my physics teacher told me.
