by Tom | Jun 14, 2012 | Google+
Best earthbound transit photo yet.Bonus marks if you spot the less-than-transit-but-still-unusual element in the picture. APOD: 2012 June 13 – A Venus Transit Over the Baltic Sea A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along...
by Tom | Jun 14, 2012 | Google+
How sort out a crisis.Spot on, in my limited understanding of any of this craziness. Do a GM on the bankrupt banks."The right thing to do, again, is to take receivership of insolvent banks and wipe out the stock and subordinated debt, using the borrowed funds to...
by Tom | Jun 14, 2012 | Google+
Twitter is now officially an advertising business as well."Twitter Cards will only render for domains which have been whitelisted by Twitter."Shame. Twitter Cards | Twitter Developers Twitter Cards will only render for domains which have been whitelisted by...
by Tom | Jun 14, 2012 | Google+
Brain hurt: do black holes suggest that spacetime (and gravity) is emergent?I haven't thought about this stuff for ages, but it is great to do so.Pressure is emergent, in that it is something we can measure (e.g. of a gas in a box) but is created from (is...
by Tom | Jun 14, 2012 | Google+
Swim Smooth.Really good tips and advice on swimming freestyle / front crawl more effectively. The catch is the thing I don't do at all, so must practice. Now to find the same quality guide for breaststroke, which I am rubbish at. Mr Smooth – An ideal...
