|RECOMMENDED RAMBLINGS
|Mac Dynamic Wallpaper
“It is named the "Web" for good reason.” David Foster Wallace When 'dynamic wallpaper' arrived with macOS Mojave it was a gimmick but a nice one. In reality it was showcasing what Apple could do with its new 'high efficency image file format' (HEIF - file...
|Carrying the Fire
“I know that I would be a liar or a fool if I said that I have the best of the three Apollo 11 seats, but I can say with truth and equanimity that I am perfectly satisfied with the one I have" Michael Collins Whilst everyone remembers Neil Armstrong and Buzz...
|Extinct Artist
"I have always painted things I am obsessed with and always gone with my heart regardless of convention." Dave White came to prominence as the pioneer of the 'Sneaker Art' movement, reinterpreting popular trainers as oil portraits. He has is own signature Air Jordan...
|Perseverance Pays
“If we see a hedgehog staring in the camera, we would know there’s current and certainly ancient life on Mars, but based on our past experiences, such an event is extremely unlikely. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and the discovery that life...
| A New BMW Club to Join
I thought with my mentality having switched from the thunderous roar of V8s to the futuristic hum of electrics, the M5 itch was scratched. I was wrong. I can't remember when it happened or even how but without doubt the BMW M5 is in my psyche. It crept in there. It...
|Keep Rising Sir Lewis
I get kids from all different cultures and nationalities coming up to me now, all wanting to be F1 drivers. They feel the sport is open to everyone. I have had a passion for motorsport from a young age, in particular formula one (F1). I don't know where it came from....
|Season’s Greetings (2020)
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Peaceful (COVID free) New Year Christmas 2020 I think it goes without saying that we are all glad that this year is finishing and there is some light towards the end of the tunnel. Especially, when we as a family have beaten...
|Breaking the COVID bread
There were some upsides to the whole lockdown and pandemic. For instance, the enclave I live in was triggered to start a WhatsApp group. Something we should have done years ago but it took the 'house arrest' we were under to initiate it. This simple act has...
|Apologetic Integration
It is rather a disenchanting moment when the doctrine your parents subscribed to and expounded to you was not the armour you thought it was.It is a lie when people say 'children do not see colour' in reference to a person's skin tone. They do. It is just that they...
|Finding Colour in Black
It’s the difference between listening to Shakespeare being read by Brain Blessed instead of Patrick Stewart. Both would be enjoyable but one would be better nuanced. My younger brother had a great knack of extracting Sony Walkmans from my father. They were meant to be...
|Season’s Greetings (2019)
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Peaceful New Year Christmas 2019 This year's Christmas card was made up of photographs taken at Hyde Park's Winter Wonderland and Adobe Stock. The visit to the park was for Kitty's Birthday but sadly she couldn't attend due to a...
|Memo to David and the Cabinet
Can we address the issues now facing us? Can you put your own self-promotion aside?Dear elected politicians of any sort, please can we address the issues now facing us? Can you put your own self-promotion aside? For those of you who are career politicians and have no...
“One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is, I think, to have a happy childhood”
Agatha Christie
|HAPPENING ELSEWHERE
|Science
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Glucose monitors may misclassify people as being at risk of diabetes
on 23 April | 2024
Our blood sugar levels vary a lot from day to day, so results from continuous glucose monitors need to be interpreted with caution
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Some scientists say insects are conscious – it doesn't settle anything
on 22 April | 2024
A group of around 40 scientists signed a declaration calling for formal acknowledgement of consciousness in a range of animals, including insects and fish – but the evidence is still lacking
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Has the US finally figured out how to do high-speed rail?
on 22 April | 2024
As work begins on building the US’s first high-speed rail service – linking Los Angeles to Las Vegas – analysts say the project could serve as a blueprint for similar projects across the country
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Single atoms captured morphing into quantum waves in startling image
on 22 April | 2024
In the 1920s, Erwin Schrödinger wrote an equation that predicts how particles-turned-waves should behave. Now, researchers are perfectly recreating those predictions in the lab
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Deliberate fires are responsible for half of the land burned each year
on 22 April | 2024
The finding that managed fires burn a much greater area than thought means we may be underestimating the increase in wildfires due to global heating
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Drug residue can be detected in fingerprints left at crime scenes
on 22 April | 2024
Forensic investigators can reliably measure drug and explosive residue using gels that lift fingerprint samples
|DAYS UNTIL THE CIRCUS
|General
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Ukraine limits help for men of fighting age abroad
on 23 April | 2024 at 13:24
The rights of Ukrainians remain key, says Kyiv, but the priority is to protect the homeland.
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Girl, 7, among five dead on Channel migrant boat
on 23 April | 2024 at 13:06
French authorities say the victims had boarded an overloaded boat which was attempting to reach the UK.
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BBC witnesses boarding of boat which left five...
on 23 April | 2024 at 12:25
The BBC's Andrew Harding, in France, witnesses people clambering aboard a small boat bound for the UK.
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German far-right party aide held in China spy...
on 23 April | 2024 at 11:25
Prosecutors identify the suspect as Jian G and accuse him of passing information to Chinese intelligence.
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Haiti situation 'catastrophic' and growing worse...
on 23 April | 2024 at 11:11
As gang violence continues to rage, two-thirds of children are now in need of aid, the UN warns.
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Voyager-1 sends readable data again from deep...
on 23 April | 2024 at 10:37
Nasa says its most distant probe is once again sending usable information back to Earth.