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Monthly Archives: November 2007

Easier said than done

I spent most of this afternoon attempting to attach two pieces of 0.25 micron Teflon tape to some larger Teflon blocks while wearing low-friction gloves. It wasn’t easy.

Posted bydtl20/11/2007Posted ingeeking, lab-gripes, physics, science

A vist to the Tate: Shibboleth

A lucky find in the rubbish and junk fallen into the crack of Doris Salcedo’s Shibboleth.

Posted bydtl19/11/200721/2/2010Posted inPhotographic, photos

Fire

No pictures from the archives this week, mainly because I’ve misplaced the box full of photographs. Instead, here is a rather poor shot of the fire in Stratford earlier today. As seen from about two miles away at Mile End about an hour after it started.

Posted bydtl12/11/200721/2/2010Posted inGeneral, London, London2012, Photographic1 Comment on Fire

The Oldest Road

High Road follows the path of an old Roman road from Colchester in Essex to London and is one of the oldest in the UK. It has been in use for at least two thousand years. The junction is where Whalebone Lane South and North meet the High Road. The areas of fields and allotments …

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Posted bydtl5/11/20075/11/2007Posted inDagenham, General, Local history, photos

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