Occasional musings on meteorology and other bits of Earth science
This ugly chimera was made from two items which no longer worked: A rechargeable bike headlamp which originally had a USB-micro-B socket for charging, and a USB A-to-micro-B cable on which the micro-B end had become damaged. The lamp had ceased to charge; on cracking it open with a mole wrench I discovered that theContinue reading Hacking with rubbish
One of our Christmas guests expressed the wish to go on a walk on boxing day, so i dragged him off into the countryside. We took a route across Doon Hill and Brunt Hill, and, feeling that we were still going well, headed off down a common feature of the landscape in southeast Scotland: aContinue reading Valleys and cobbles
A few months ago a family heirloom was passed on to me to take care of: a mercury barometer. , originally the property of my great grandfather, Dr William Hobson Mills of Jesus College, Cambridge. Getting it home was a bit of a nail-biting experience. You can not lie the things horizontally or the mercuryContinue reading Data: it is everywhere (part 2)
As a scientist, I can’t resist the itch to collect data (see e.g. this previous post). During the pandemic, my mid-life-crisis sports car reached the point where my garage told me that they could get it through the MOT, but they didn’t really advise it. So I had to go car shopping. Mrs. P wasContinue reading Data: it is everywhere
