The collection is growing slowly but steadily… now they´re seven of them, but one of them will not boot correctly or in an orderly fashion. Hence, six + one. A non-bootable machine is a malfunctioning machine and therefore not a machine in the true sense of the word. If you are not functional then you… Continue reading My Machines Are VI + I
Category: Science
Tokyo Cathedral 0
This is one but there is another in Tokyo above ground. The Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel (MAOUDC), a 6.3 km long system of tunnels and towering cylindrical chambers that protect North Tokyo from flooding. Picture: BBC
Colors Of Salt II
Sinkholes in the Dead Sea. They’re rapidly increasing in number due to accelerated evaporation. Nestled between Israel and the Palestinian territories to the west, and Jordan to the east, the Dead Sea is famous for is extreme salinity (34 percent salt, almost 10 times as salty as the ocean), and for having the lowest elevation… Continue reading Colors Of Salt II
Winds & Waves
A storm of the coast of Orkney an archipelago in Scotland. Orkney is an archipelago off the northeastern coast of Scotland. The islands encompass Neolithic sites, tall sandstone cliffs and seal colonies. Picture: BBC
Colors Of Salt I
Sinkholes in the Dead Sea. They’re rapidly increasing in number due to accelerated evaporation. Nestled between Israel and the Palestinian territories to the west, and Jordan to the east, the Dead Sea is famous for is extreme salinity (34 percent salt, almost 10 times as salty as the ocean), and for having the lowest elevation… Continue reading Colors Of Salt I
Some Say
Actually most people say that it is the most beautiful aircraft ever to be constructed. I concur and the noise its engine makes is… nothing but magical. The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II. Many variants… Continue reading Some Say
Merlin
A magnificent machine – powering the equally magnificent Supermarine Spitfire. The Rolls-Royce Merlin is a British liquid-cooled V-12 piston aero engine of 27-litres (1,650 cu in) capacity. Rolls-Royce designed the engine and first ran it in 1933 as a private venture. Initially known as the PV-12, it was later called Merlin following the company convention… Continue reading Merlin
Repairs/Upgrade
The machines… I found three identical laptops (actually five but the other two were a different model) in various conditions. I’m assembling them into two working ones: WIN10 and Ubuntu 18.04. Yes, it is a lot of fun!
NASA Hears MarCO CubeSats Loud And Clear from Mars
Honestly? I’m lost for words… two CubeSats (briefcase sized satellites) riding alongside the InSight Mars lander? In space, taking pictures and they´re nicknamed EVE and WALL-E? Come on (give me a break)! MarCO-B, one of the experimental Mars Cube One (MarCO) CubeSats, took this image of Mars from about 4,700 miles (7,600 kilometers) away during… Continue reading NASA Hears MarCO CubeSats Loud And Clear from Mars
A Thing Of Beauty III
In combination with gold eye-shadow and thick black lashes? Now, that would be simply rockin´! The Wmns Air Max 97 Special Edition They´re to be found here… as you would suspect.