Pigs can fly
This morning I came across a post on facebook (thanks Prince) that linked to an article about 4 girls who had devised a method to turn urine into electrical energy. When presented with such information...
Pa relax
I just popped out to take the dog for a quick walk and noticed a couple of people taking a photograph on the road outside our house. They were photographing the sun setting on the mountain on the other...
Sea spray
On my way home from Berlin I was sitting on the fast boat travelling North from Bergen watching the spray fly past the window. Tired after the workshop and travel, I wasn't quite thinking straight and...
Prius motor
I have just arrived to lead a workshop in Berlin. The journey from Flekke was long and involved many stages. the last stage was a taxi from the airport to the hotel (I'm not good with undergrounds and...
Two Mexicans
What's that? It's a Mexican spinning another Mexican around in a circle while standing on ice. I used something similar in class today (minus the hats), to demonstrate where the reaction to the centripetal...
Invisible rods
Every week there is something interesting to be found in Guardian Weekly science pages. This week there was a short piece on a planet with 4 suns. To quote from the article "It orbits one pair of stars...
Some problems are best left unsolved
I always have my phone in my pocket so I can take photos, film something interesting or make a phone call. Today I didn't need to since one of my students, Mazen, filmed it for me. Well it's not that...
Old dogs shouldn't try new tricks in public
I've been doing conservation of energy with my first year classes, all three of them. The first time round can be a bit chaotic as I get my thoughts in order, the second is about right but by the third...
The Champions
Last week I was leading a one day workshop in Geneva. As we were taking the minibus back to our hotel I spotted (and photographed) the famous fountain. I say famous but there were several others in the...
Hothead no more
This is where I work. Looking at the photo I have just noticed that my armrests are not at the same level, maybe that's the cause of my back ache. To shine a bit of light on the situation I have the lamps...