From 8pm onwards tonight look up to the sky, and weather permitting you will see the first total Lunar eclipse visible from the UK since 2004 (but you’d not have seen that one, because it was cloudy). Key times for the eclipse * Moon enters penumbra: 2018 * Moon enters umbra: 2130 * Totality begins: …
Author Archives: dtl
Registration
I think the spam load this site attracts has been partially responsible for the server flakyness of late, so things are now set that you need to register as a user to comment now. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Engineering I approve of
Are you bored? Then why not make a Thermic Lance out of tin-foil and spaghetti? Go on, you know you want to.
Server problems
The server that hosts this site as well as others of mine and those I host for friends seems to have developed a fault. A hardware fault. Seeing as this server is a virtual server from RedwoodVirtual I don’t quite see how this has happened. I’ll have to notify Redwood and arrange for them to …
Part of the conspiracy
One disadvantage of having a working email address listed on a university physics website is that you tend to get copied into all the 11-9 and 7-7 conspiracy theory messages. People expect you to be able to explain what ‘really’ happened (i.e, agree with everything they say).