|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...
|HAPPENING ELSEWHERE
|Science
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The ambitious plans to study the sun during April's solar eclipse
on 28 March | 2024
Solar scientists have been preparing for years for a 4-minute window, during the total solar eclipse on 8 April, in which they will study the sun's corona
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Hyperelastic gel is one of the stretchiest materials known to science
on 28 March | 2024
A super-stretchy hydrogel can stretch to 15 times its original length and return to its initial shape, and could be used to make soft inflatable robots
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Japan’s SLIM moon lander surprisingly survived a second lunar night
on 28 March | 2024
The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon spacecraft has sent back images after surviving its second lunar night – generally these periods are so cold they destroy spacecraft electronics
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Could bone marrow transplants transmit Alzheimer's disease?
on 28 March | 2024
The mainstream view is that Alzheimer's starts in the brain, but researchers were able to transfer the condition in mice by injections of bone marrow
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Mathematicians are bitterly divided over a controversial proof
on 28 March | 2024
An attempt to settle a decade-long argument over a controversial proof by mathematician Shinichi Mochizuki has seen a war of words on both sides, with Mochizuki dubbing the latest effort as akin to a "hallucination" produced by ChatGPT
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Chair for gamers boosts player performance and prevents muscular aches
on 28 March | 2024
Gamers seemed to be more comfortable after playing in a specialist gaming chair compared with a standard office chair
|DAYS UNTIL THE CIRCUS
|General
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Biden hosts record fundraiser with Obama and...
on 29 March | 2024 at 11:03
The star-studded event was projected to raise $26m, as the Democrat extends his fundraising lead over Donald Trump.
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KFC Nigeria sorry after disabled diner refused...
on 29 March | 2024 at 10:33
Wheelchair user says he felt less than human after he was told to leave the branch at Lagos airport.
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S Africa ex-President Zuma involved in car crash
on 29 March | 2024 at 10:33
He was unhurt after a drunk driver collided with his armoured vehicle, police say.
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Bus plunges off South Africa bridge, killing 45
on 29 March | 2024 at 10:32
An eight-year-old girl is the only survivor after a bus carrying Easter pilgrims plunges into a ravine.
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War a real threat and Europe unready, warns...
on 29 March | 2024 at 10:27
Donald Tusk warns of a "pre-war era" and speaks of the most critical moment since World War Two.
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Syria blames Israel for major air strike
on 29 March | 2024 at 10:21
Hezbollah and Syrian forces are among 42 reported killed in one of the deadliest attacks of its kind.