Hot Wheels
I used to have hotwheels when was a child, little cars that rolled down a plastic track. You could arrange the track so that they'd do jumps and loop the loops etc. I've always thought that it would...
Scoris or scorisn't
Not much time for blogging or writing new worksheets for the website since I am bogged down with e marking and the thought of spending more time at the computer is not so appealing (so I'll make this...
The icelandic tug
Have you seen that Top Gear episode where they drive to the North Pole in a Toyota Hilux? I've watched it several times and am intrigued by the way that the truck is pulled out of a crevasse by the Icelandic...
Genius of Britain
Last week a fascinating programme from Britain's Channel 4 was aired on the satellite channel BBC knowledge. British viewers probably saw this ages ago so it's old news but it was new for me. The programme...
Sunshine of my lies
I was just heading out yesterday evening when I was faced with the scene shown in the photo. The sun was low and shining straight through the glass of our front door. You can clearly see the path of the...
The bang and the boing
I was bored doing an exam supervision for Spanish A so kept myself awake by trying to think up some new practicals for next year. I don't have many examples of conservation of energy so thought that might...
On the fringe of Eurovision 2011
Congratulations to Azerbaijan for winning the Eurovision song contest. I didn't watch the whole thing but did see the start and was very impressed with the stage that had been set up in Düsseldorf. The...
Nice paper 1
I've just finished doing paper 1 and paper 2 (time zone 2) on my tablet pc so I'll upload them for subscribers later today (Takes a bit of time cropping all the images). A couple of my students thought...
Leaky pipes
During the winter the roads in Norway are covered in ice, to make them less slippy the council puts grit on top of it. During the course of a winter as long as the one we have just had, there is a lot...
Colourblind
Can you see the red flowers in the middle of this photo of our garden? Well I can't. I think it's because I am colour blind but it might be because there aren't any, only you can tell (assuming you are...