The sister ship of HMS Tiger was HMS Blake. The Royal Navy claims it is named for Robert Blake, but I think some clever fellow at the Admiralty had William Blake in mind.
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Rambling recollections of an aging engineer
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- kai
- Back in academia after a decade in industry, with a new generation of students.
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- Legends of Warfare Aviation: B-25 Mitchell, Vol.2—The G through J, F-10, and PBJ Models in World War II W Wolf. Don’t trust the captions. Or the title.
- Legends of Warfare Aviation: B-25 Mitchell, Vol.1—The A through D Models in World War II W Wolf. Can the data be trusted?
- One Hundred Lyrics and a Poem N Tennant. Compiled by Neil in a melancholy mood.
- De röda kattorna M Lang. A satisfactory number of red herrings.
- Agile Game Development—Build, Play, Repeat, 2nd ed C Keith. Lots of good anecdotes, presupposes knowledge of the subject area.
- Ögonen M Lang. The final story is ostensibly concerned with the Royal Opera, but I was more fascinated by the graduation rituals of the time.
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.
- Something positive Magical realism in a very cynical way.
- Chicken Wings It's about birds…that fly…
- xkcd Don't miss the mouse-overs.
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