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Pointless Anecdotes
Rambling recollections of an aging engineer
2007-06-15
It's not all about you
Before French roundabouts you can find this sign:
It's like a
Memento mori
.
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Recently read
Profile Publications 189: The Short Sunderland
G Norris. Somehow I feel too little was covered.
Profile Publications 168: The Avro York
D Hannah. They’re so
wrinkly
!
Profile Publications 98: The Gloster Gladiator
F K Mason. I think the Norwegians got short shrift.
Profile Publications 85: The R.E.8
J M Bruce. And this was an
improvement
on the B.E.2…
Profile Publications 65: The Avro Lancaster I
B Goulding & M Garbett. I would have liked colour keys for the profiles.
Profile Publications 41: The Supermarine Spitfire I & II
P J R Moyes. Somehow they managed to cram useful information into these small leaflets.
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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 europĂ©ens dans la normalisation
European Telecommunications Standards Institute
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