|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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Extreme heat in 2023 linked to drastic slump in growth of marine life
on 19 April | 2024
Last year’s marine heatwaves saw an unprecedented decline in the growth of phytoplankton and algae, which many animals in the oceans depend on for food
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Dietary changes relieve irritable bowel syndrome better than medicine
on 18 April | 2024
Both a special diet that excludes “FODMAP” compounds and a low-carb high-fibre diet were effective
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Cocaine seems to hijack brain pathways that prioritise food and water
on 18 April | 2024
Cocaine and morphine hijacked neural responses in the brains of mice, which resulted in them consuming less food and water
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Fossil snake discovered in India may have been the largest ever
on 18 April | 2024
The vertebrae of Vasuki indicus, a snake that lived 47 million years ago, suggest it could have been as long as 15 metres
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Jupiter's moon Io has been a volcanic inferno for billions of years
on 18 April | 2024
Measurements of sulphur isotopes in Io’s atmosphere show that the moon may have been volcanically active for its entire lifetime
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Quantum-proof encryption may not actually stop quantum hackers
on 18 April | 2024
Cryptographers are scrambling to understand an algorithm that could undermine the mathematics behind next-generation encryption methods, which are intended to protect against quantum computers
|DAYS UNTIL THE CIRCUS
|General
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Allman Brothers Band guitarist Betts dies at 80
on 19 April | 2024 at 09:17
Dickey Betts helped create their band's Sothern rock style and wrote classic songs like Ramblin' Man.
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Taylor Swift is vulnerable but vicious on new...
on 19 April | 2024 at 09:10
The star's 11th album is much more than a break-up record, and may even mark the end of an era.
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Will US Congress pass long-awaited Ukraine aid...
on 19 April | 2024 at 08:48
A huge $61bn support package that could help reshape Kyiv's war effort will go to a vote in coming days.
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Netflix profits soar after password crackdown
on 19 April | 2024 at 08:41
The streaming giant said it added 9.3 million subscribers in the first three months of the year.
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Kenya investigates crash that killed military...
on 19 April | 2024 at 08:22
Gen Francis Ogolla was in the west of the country when his helicopter went down killing 10.
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Children among nine dead in Russia strike on...
on 19 April | 2024 at 08:06
Russia strikes two cities in Ukraine's central Dnipropetrovsk region, hitting the station in Dnipro.