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
And so far today it has been raining since before I even got up – it is now 2:30 p.m. Great.
It’s not looking good is it? Last winter I didn’t get a single image in 6 months due to the never-ending rain and cloud. Looks like we are getting a repeat again this year. If it is ANOTHER 6-months with … Continue reading
O.K. so the day has finally arrived and “they” are now replacing the Sodium street lights around here with white light LED lamps. Isn’t it absolutely marvelous how “they” can get their act together AND spend a huge pile of … Continue reading
The missus kindly held up a piece of A4 paper this lunch time outside in a howling gale so I could project an image of the Sun onto it. An 80mm refractor with a 5X Barlow was used. Yes the … Continue reading
You have GOT to laugh at our present pathetic Tory government here in the UK – well either laugh or cry buckets – it’s up to you. I have just this minute seen on the TV a promise of putting … Continue reading
Thor Heyerdahl, great adventurer and explorer would have been 100 today. He created a great impression on a very young lad with his book “Kon Tiki” about an expedition aboard a balsa wood raft. I recall building my own wooden … Continue reading
Very interesting. Did a very quick and simple IQ test I found on the Internet (expecting it to be completely useless) and it came up with the same number from a “professional” test that took well over an hour. Obviously … Continue reading
We are it seems surrounded by trouble and strife. What I have written below came into my head almost complete – in one go. I don’t believe it came from God 🙂 But it might have 🙂 🙂 I live … Continue reading
