My 63rd EPOD today with “Web Strength of Garden Cross Spider”. Many thanks to Jim at EPOD for continuing to publish my work 🙂
I had the misfortune to read something on Facebook that sent me off on a rant. Here is that rant. We were given RULES not guidelines about the exams we set as Lecturers at the University. And these rules stated … Continue reading
Unfortunately it appears that it is physically impossible for there to be a quantum computational aspect to the brain. For a while I thought that perhaps the “conscious” (i.e. classical computer) part of the brain could act as the “observer” … Continue reading
A while back I was driven to write about the nonsense regarding our particle accelerators creating a Black Hole, or some other exotic particle that will destroy the Earth. And now it seems I have to do the same thing … Continue reading
I only managed to get 4 x 15-minute subs before the cloud rolled in (one of the 3 scopes was out of focus) – but hey, at least it’s another one off the list.
Last night, 23/11/2014 was the first clear night in a month – and it was Moonless too 🙂 🙂 Gave the mini-WASP a good run, but packed up at midnight, which was actually a stupid thing to do – I … Continue reading
Here is the bright star Mirach and the nearby galaxy named the “Ghost”. A zoomed-in view of Mirach and the Ghost is shown in the insert top-left.
This is what the latest incarnation of the mini-WASP array looks like – and it will look like this for some time to come. There are 4 imaging systems on the array and one guider: 1) Sky 90, filter-wheel with … Continue reading
The solution to the Fermi Paradox is that there is no other intelligent life in the Universe. Better start taking a little more care of this planet and the creatures we share it with people!
You will have seen the headlines about the possibility of destroying the Earth now that we are able to provide such extremely high energies in our super-colliders. Grief – the Large Hadron Collider at CERN is to be upgraded to … Continue reading
