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Pointless Anecdotes
Rambling recollections of an aging engineer
2009-12-21
Because it's Christmas, or something
Found on
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, an elephant giving birth. Do not worry, it all ends well.
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Back in academia after a decade in industry, with a new generation of students.
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…for the other ones
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Beyond the '80s
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If the Japanese didn't exist, we'd have to invent ...
Turning on the filter
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Recently read
A Dictionary of RAF Slang
E Partridge. Clearly the inspiration for
RAF banter
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Spitfire Voices
D Sarkar. Some pilots had very short careers.
Algiers to Anzio with 72 & 111 Squadrons: Experiences of an RAF Officer in North Africa and Italy 1942–46
G Farish & M McCaul. “Me 109 Mk 9” Really!?
Swift to Battle: No 72 Fighter Squadron RAF in Action, vol. III
T Docherty. Better photos.
Swift to Battle: No 72 Fighter Squadron RAF in Action, vol. II
T Docherty. Disappointingly bad photos.
Swift to Battle: No 72 Fighter Squadron RAF in Action, vol. I
T Docherty. Not for the political analysis.
Places I keep track of
IPMS Stockholm
One of the best plastic modelling forums you'll find.
Hyperscale
More modelling stuff.
Occasional kvetch
Thnidu is a linguist and an old friend.
Another CyborgManifesto
Small and large, always with alarming skill.
Aardvarchaeology
What kind of archaeologist doesn't have a whip or even a fedora?
Arkland
Archaeology and random bits.
Pharyngula
Biology, politics and atheism. And eight-legged animals.
Piled Higher and Deeper
Mike Slackenerny, that's me. Free food, anyone?
Something positive
Magical realism in a very cynical way.
Chicken Wings
It's about birds…that fly…
xkcd
Don't miss the mouse-overs.
Worthy causes
Fairtrade Sweden
Sveriges Konsumenter
Konsumentföreningen Stockholm
ANEC – le porte-parole des consommateurs européens dans la normalisation
European Telecommunications Standards Institute
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