solstice sunset

It’s just another solstice Sunday.

sunset, 16:03 GMT

sequestering carbon, several books at a time XXXVII

The latest batch:

Several other brown cardboard boxes have been arriving in the post, and shuffled off to various secret hiding places.  I expect them to reappear later in the week...

deleting birthdays

I just saw a birthday notification in my Google Calendar, about someone in my Google+ circles.  Getting rid of these annoying unasked-for entries requires a few clicks, as detailed below.

Thank you, Awesomely Techie!

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Strandbeest

I’ve seen pictures of Strandbeest before, but I didn’t realise they were huge, or that there are so many designs.

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cycling to freedom

Here is a nice YouTube description of the “100 prisoners problem”, that seems on the face of it impossible, but where a clever mathematical result makes it feasible.

 

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language evolution

Queen photobombs selfie.

Three words that capture the moment – two of which didn’t even exist a few years ago!

Glasgow 2014: Queen ‘photo-bombs’ hockey players’ selfie

Also, I just used the words “queen” and “(photo)bomb” in an online search to find the article…

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flickering aurorae

When I was younger, I thought aurorae were static, only having seen pictures in books. Then I discovered they moved. But these REAL TIME shots are awesome. Watch full screen!

 

SOARING from Ole C. Salomonsen on Vimeo.

(via Phil Plait, Bad Astronomy)

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