Moduhardindin
I can smell sulphur outside. Just a slight hint, that irritates the back of the throat. Moduhardindin means “the hardship of the fog”, and refers to the eruption of the Icelandic volcano Laki in 1783; a far more violent and devastating eruption than that of Eyjafjallajokull which is ongoing at the moment and causing massive [...]
Agilent don’t like Canadians? – update, yes they do!
I was looking at IEEE Spectrum online earlier, as is my wont, when I noticed one of the adverts by Agilent for some new kind of oscilloscope. By entering an email address they’d enter you into a competition to win a Agilent ‘scope, so I did so, then checked out the Terms and Conditions. Should’ve [...]
Rocket
Rocket, originally uploaded by CmdrFire. The Rocket (or at least, a replica of the Rocket in original form) is running in Hyde Park. Somehow they (being the Science Museum and I think the National Railway Museum) managed to get permission to lay 100m of track and they’re taking passengers on rides up and down this [...]
