Technical Reports and Papers from my work. Message boards: Muon1 Project Forum Software here General/Rubbish Discuss things. Miscellaneous: Black hole images Made by raytracing light through warped spacetime, something I did during my general relativity course. |
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2025-Jan-31 21:03:44 The Swan and Mallard.
RT https://x.com/NoContextBrits/status/1885276335909544272 |
2025-Jan-31 19:06:21 Five key impacts of Brexit five years on, facts and figures.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdrynjz1glpo |
2025-Jan-31 19:01:05 India doubles tiger population in just over a decade from a combination of conservation techniques.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly9d4n1rgmo |
2025-Jan-31 16:09:16 Sometimes I have to revise #physics things, like "Why does the Larmor frame work?"
Suppose you have circular motion at two angular frequencies A and B: x(t) = R(At)a + R(Bt)b Now define the average C=(A+B)/2 and difference D=(A-B)/2 and "un-rotate" at rate C: R(-Ct)x = R(Dt)a + R(-Dt)b Looks hopeful, the rotation rates are now equal and opposite. We can use R(x)+R(-x)=2cos(x)I and R(x)-R(-x)=2sin(x)R(90°) but first have to rearrange to: R(-Ct)x = (R(Dt)+R(-Dt))(a+b)/2 + (R(Dt)-R(-Dt))(a-b)/2 = cos(Dt)(a+b) + sin(Dt)R(90°)(a-b), where the first step uses (p+q)(r+s)+(p-q)(r-s)=2pq+2rs. The second line is two-dimensional simple harmonic motion at angular frequency D, in a frame rotating at rate C, as required. |
2025-Jan-31 01:53:11 They have two-for-one chicken wings, but you have to have the same sauce on both. 🫤 |
2025-Jan-30 23:03:07 Fancy #bollard:
https://streetartutopia.com/2025/01/30/i-found-this-bollard-last-week-and-i-still-think-about-it/ |
2025-Jan-30 22:31:29 Tax season is one of the few times I use Adobe's PDF reader rather than Foxit PDF, because the latter corrupts the fillable forms somehow. |
2025-Jan-29 18:12:52 What's in an asteroid? 14 of 20 amino acids found in 120g of gravel from asteroid Bennu.
#space #astronomy https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7vd1zjlr5lo |
2025-Jan-28 20:29:17 Boom Aerospace just broke the sound barrier in the first American civil supersonic jet.
https://boomsupersonic.com/ RT https://x.com/boomaero/status/1884320653840392587 |
2025-Jan-27 18:25:14 Bald eagle nest cam, 🦅 currently in the snow:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4-L2nfGcuE |
2025-Jan-27 18:20:52 🪨
RT https://x.com/SheriffAlert/status/1221881862244749315 |
2025-Jan-27 03:35:49 I used pliers to crack some pistachio nuts that wouldn't open. Now there are shell pieces scattered 10ft across the room. |
2025-Jan-26 20:29:38 There's a stone missing from the sea defences.
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2025-Jan-26 17:13:54 Look at those cats!
https://x.com/RaminNasibov/status/1882443208191353111 |
2025-Jan-26 17:12:42 AI LLM bots are inserting fake backdated posts in online Physics Forums:
https://hallofdreams.org/posts/physicsforums/ |
2025-Jan-25 21:30:24 Early Medieval manuscripts now open access (copyright terms are ridiculous aren't they?)
https://www.library.universiteitleiden.nl/news/2025/01/more-than-300-medieval-manuscripts-from-the-bibliotheca-vossiana-now-available-in-open-access |
2025-Jan-25 19:48:31 Not sure if it's still alive. |
2025-Jan-25 19:46:12 Ice formations at the beach.
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2025-Jan-25 03:10:58 Noctua (the PC fan company) is suggesting you use fans to increase convective heating from household radiators.
https://noctua.at/en/active-radiator-ventilation-benefits-and-efficiency I don't _think_ this was published on April 1st... |
2025-Jan-23 16:33:02 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subterrene |
2025-Jan-23 15:30:52 RT https://x.com/like_gudim/status/1881782162003034561 |
2025-Jan-22 21:14:43 My office phone only makes outgoing calls now, because incoming calls are redirected to Microsoft Teams, which I never use. |
2025-Jan-22 15:41:03 Large domestic cat travels between Australia and New Zealand twice on its own.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70qn5yyw57o |
2025-Jan-21 18:19:26 I don't like all these prompts to back up my photos on Android and "proactive" notifications sound pretty bad too.
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2025-Jan-21 16:31:55 It's cold outside (20F) and a small bird is now sitting in this corridor, not sure how it got in. 🐦 |
2025-Jan-21 15:46:36 Found I pressed Windows-L (for lock screen) with my simulation focussed on Friday, meaning the "L" made an error instead of it running through the weekend. At least it had an autosave I could pick up from... #physics |
2025-Jan-20 20:53:40 Zoomable Andromeda Galaxy image.
#space #Hubble #astronomy https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2025/005/01JGY8JKWBHBWJ71V3QQTKM382?news=true |
2025-Jan-20 19:56:08 #Hubble #space #telescope gets 2.5 GigaPixel mosaic of the Andromeda #Galaxy, resolving over 200 million stars (and obviously hundreds of times more actual stars too faint to resolve).
#astronomy https://esahubble.org/news/heic2501/ |
2025-Jan-20 19:34:57 US Army driverless equipment transport system.
[video] https://x.com/ArmedwScience/status/1881325809643712724 |
2025-Jan-20 18:04:28 1-2" of #snow this morning. ❄
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2025-Jan-19 20:20:59 Findings about life's common ancestor ~4.2bn years ago.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jan/19/luca-is-the-progenitor-of-all-life-on-earth-but-its-genesis-has-implications-far-beyond-our-planet |
2025-Jan-19 20:09:22 Turtles in Singapore.
RT https://functional.cafe/@loke/113853715252167301 |
2025-Jan-19 19:50:05 Wait, they eat mice?
RT https://x.com/trivia_hour/status/1880439556027138193 |
2025-Jan-18 21:06:11 For British citizens - you can sign this petition asking to stop companies disabling video games people have already bought.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/702074/ |
2025-Jan-18 20:47:58 Inside a cornflakes bag (this photo is on the Wikipedia article for "Cornflakes").
https://panoviewer.toolforge.org/#Inside_a_cornflakes_bag_%E2%80%93_360%C2%B0_photo.jpg |
2025-Jan-18 01:13:10 My car is leaking oil at the rate of 1 quart per 8 days. It's going to the garage tomorrow. |
2025-Jan-17 20:38:50 Roman bath complex unearthed in Pompeii, complete with paintwork.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c15zgvnvk4do |
2025-Jan-17 01:19:24 Initial Starship v2 explosion analysis:
RT https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1880060983734858130 |
2025-Jan-16 23:29:42 The cool booster catch video.
#space #SpaceX RT https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1880024050048589841 |
2025-Jan-16 23:28:03 Starship Flight 7
the booster: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1880025578398720330 the upper stage: https://x.com/adavenport354/status/1880026262254809115 #space #SpaceX |
2025-Jan-16 15:25:53 RT https://x.com/MasashiJSHIRAKA/status/1879871952179101977 |
2025-Jan-16 15:22:40 Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket reached orbit on the first launch attempt last night.
#space https://www.blueorigin.com/news/new-glenn-ng-1-mission |
2025-Jan-14 23:25:47 Ryan is installing a permanent magnet irradiation experiment.
https://mastodon.online/@evenkolder/113829281432989186 |
2025-Jan-14 22:51:19 Loop-the-loop with a barnacle washed up from the sea.
RT https://x.com/LegoLostAtSea/status/1879163892812910763 |
2025-Jan-14 18:29:46 Moment slackliner conquers highline walk between Dubai towers
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cdjd3rgdxj2o |
2025-Jan-14 02:33:32 #Mars disappearing behind the Moon.
#astronomy #space
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2025-Jan-13 23:37:24 Mars is about to disappear behind the Moon.
#space #astronomy https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/lunar-occultation-mars-13-january-2025 |
2025-Jan-13 23:32:21 Always thought wireless keyboards were a stupid idea. |
2025-Jan-13 15:23:56 Finally managed to turn off Google Assistant (voice recognition), that keeps popping up when I don't want it on my Android phone.
Settings -> Google (services) -> All services -> Search, Assistant & Voice -> Google Assistant -> General -> slide "Google Assistant" to off. |
2025-Jan-13 01:33:05 The big X3D Ryzen 9000 chips are here:
#CPU #computing https://fudzilla.com/news/pc-hardware/60334-amd-officially-announces-ryzen-9-9000x3d-series-desktop-processors-with-3d-v-cache |
2025-Jan-12 05:24:00 My social media posts now show on the bottom of my website https://stephenbrooks.org/ . I hope to add an RSS feed of this later. |
2025-Jan-11 21:50:00 Just a dusting of snow this evening.
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2025-Jan-11 20:09:00 The McRib is back, but not available after midnight because it becomes evil. |
2025-Jan-11 01:35:00 Single Rotor Moiré Clock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubjwEHqmXWg |
2025-Jan-11 00:16:00 They've re-used a Falcon 9 booster 25 times, which is about how many times I can drive my Audi before it wants a quart of oil. |
2025-Jan-10 03:41:00 https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-says-intels-horrible-product-is-causing-ryzen-9-9800x3d-shortages |
2025-Jan-09 23:08:00 Apparently #VLC has skins.
#video #software https://videolan.org/vlc/skins.html |
2025-Jan-09 22:36:10 New images of #Mercury captured by UK spacecraft.
#space #astronomy https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2v2r1jm7go |
2025-Jan-09 22:36:00 Can you get two totally different particles to have the same optics in the same place at the same time? I think this note shows it is possible, at least approximately. #physics #accelerators #iontraps
https://stephenbrooks.org/ap/report/2025-3/ponderomotive.pdf |
2025-Jan-09 01:51:00 Why am I making ice cubes in my freezer when I could just put them outside? |
2025-Jan-09 00:00:00 RT https://fosstodon.org/@foo/113795261121148837 |
2025-Jan-08 23:57:00 Starship Flight test 7 is scheduled for no earlier than Monday, January 13.
#SpaceX #rocket https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-7 |
2025-Jan-08 23:56:00 Cat getting on a bus.
RT https://x.com/CatWorkers/status/1876800740062294038 |
2025-Jan-08 23:54:00 My well-used and battered Sennheiser HD206 headphones finally fell apart. I don't think they sell them any more. I look in the drawer and there's a spare pair! |
2025-Jan-08 01:55:00 😆
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c70e2g09ng9o |
2025-Jan-08 01:07:00 🤨
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2025-Jan-06 23:50:00 Growing lettuce on the ISS.
#space #NASA https://www.nasa.gov/missions/station/iss-research/space-gardens/ |
2025-Jan-06 23:27:00 Talk that a Raptor engine from Starship Booster 12 will be re-flown on Flight 7 in a few days.
#space #SpaceX [infographic] RT https://x.com/spacesudoer/status/1875950119071445433 |
2025-Jan-04 15:00:00 RT https://banderkat.social/@sciencetechimages/113479028611911172 |
2025-Jan-04 14:00:00 RT https://astrodon.social/@cgbassa/113770318993975063 |
2025-Jan-04 13:31:00 Saw a widgeon on a lake today. #bird
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wigeon |
2025-Jan-04 13:00:00 Optical illusion (I see blue and yellow).
[video] RT https://x.com/shapoco/status/1875247116358217736 |
2025-Jan-04 12:57:00 New Year's cat.
RT https://x.com/sanrinoq/status/1875486124317274304 |
2025-Jan-03 20:34:00 Bournemouth beach.
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2025-Jan-03 17:07:00 Upgrades to be tested on Starship flight 7:
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1875219215390757043 |
2025-Jan-03 16:59:00 The Moon is right next to Venus now. #space #astronomy
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2025-Jan-02 23:11:00 The forestry commission land had a fence around it to stop the trees from getting out. 🌲 |
2025-Jan-02 22:42:00 A mole farted through grass, having swallowed a handful of grains.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Str%C4%8D_prst_skrz_krk |
2025-Jan-02 22:03:00 UK's biggest #dinosaur footprint site discovered.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c24nzeqq1l2o |
2025-Jan-02 20:50:00 A few hours later Mars 🔴 is visible further on. Also very bright but not as red as I expected. |
2025-Jan-02 17:32:00 In the early evening sky in a row:
Crescent Moon 🌒 - Venus ⚪ - (Saturn 🪐) --- (Aldebaran 🟠) - Jupiter ⚪ --- is a big gap to the other side of the sky and (bracketed) things are dimmer. #space #astronomy |
2025-Jan-02 16:58:10
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2025-Jan-02 16:58:00 Lichen dripping water.
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2025-Jan-02 16:52:00
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2025-Jan-02 16:47:00 Went for a walk in the New Forest. |
2025-Jan-02 16:09:00 RT https://x.com/BobGolen/status/1874600577835155680 |
2025-Jan-01 21:00:00 RT https://social.avali.zone/@avali/113752197580397306 |
2025-Jan-01 20:18:00 Tomorrow's World predictions from 1995 for 2025. #future
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjdn10yk0k1o |
2025-Jan-01 19:07:00 These job ads are a little worrying. |
2025-Jan-01 14:00:00 RT https://infosec.exchange/@david_chisnall/113752873453490050 |
2025-Jan-01 13:59:00 😶 |
2025-Jan-01 13:26:00 Left-over spaghetti is now on the bird table. Will the crows eat the spaghetti? |
2025-Jan-01 01:00:00 RT https://astrodon.social/@esoastronomy/113752700085566049 |
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