http://boakes.org nice of you to drop by. tea? Fri, 02 May 2008 11:13:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6-bleeding en http://boakes.org/altitude-walker/ http://boakes.org/altitude-walker/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:40:54 +0000 Rich andy walker everest xtreme everest sponsor charity friends of the earth hypoxia http://boakes.org/altitude-walker/ Warning: apache_lookup_uri() [function.apache-lookup-uri]: Unable to include '/pics/2007/walks/toy' - error finding URI in /home/www/boakes.org/htdocs/mods/plugins/boakes-depicticon.php on line 65
A long time ago in a hamlet far far away, I shared a house, worked and drank an occasional beer with somebody who was slightly taller, but lamentably (for him) far less handsome than myself. His name was Andy and he was a rather impetuous boy: a life ruled by impulse and extremes, as [...]]]> http://boakes.org/altitude-walker/feed/ http://boakes.org/teabags-and-sugar/ http://boakes.org/teabags-and-sugar/#comments Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:51:20 +0000 Rich tea teabag sugar energy combustion http://boakes.org/teabags-and-sugar/ Warning: apache_lookup_uri() [function.apache-lookup-uri]: Unable to include '/pics/2007/cosy/teapot' - error finding URI in /home/www/boakes.org/htdocs/mods/plugins/boakes-depicticon.php on line 65
When making a pot of tea, I tend to add teabags and sugar at the same time; once the tea has brewed, I give it a stir, remove the teabags, add milk, and then with the aid of a knitted tea-cosy I get several hot mugs of tea in succession and can keep working without [...]]]> http://boakes.org/teabags-and-sugar/feed/ http://boakes.org/astronaut-focus/ http://boakes.org/astronaut-focus/#comments Tue, 06 Feb 2007 16:07:20 +0000 Rich NASA Astronaut David Scott Apollo 15 Apollo Soyuz focus http://boakes.org/astronaut-focus/ Warning: apache_lookup_uri() [function.apache-lookup-uri]: Unable to include '/pics/2007/astronaut/scott-salute' - error finding URI in /home/www/boakes.org/htdocs/mods/plugins/boakes-depicticon.php on line 65
If you’re going to do something where you have just one shot, then you have to get it right first time, there can be no deviation. This is a very different requirement to just getting it right every time after a short teething period . Space exploration is full of one-shot right first [...]]]> http://boakes.org/astronaut-focus/feed/ http://boakes.org/seaside-ozone/ http://boakes.org/seaside-ozone/#comments Fri, 02 Feb 2007 12:33:18 +0000 Rich seaside smell ozone dimethyl sulphate http://boakes.org/seaside-ozone/ Warning: apache_lookup_uri() [function.apache-lookup-uri]: Unable to include '/pics/2007/seaside/dimethylsulphate' - error finding URI in /home/www/boakes.org/htdocs/mods/plugins/boakes-depicticon.php on line 65
Picture this: it’s a sunny day at the seaside and you’re enjoying an icecream. The human predilection to follow scripted conversation formats is such that you cannot fail to overhear somebody appreciatively inhale before joyously proclaiming “mmmmm, smell that sea air!”, to which a companion will invariably offer a helpfully informative “ah yes, [...]]]> http://boakes.org/seaside-ozone/feed/ http://boakes.org/schrodingers-preening-booth/ http://boakes.org/schrodingers-preening-booth/#comments Thu, 09 Mar 2006 01:49:14 +0000 Rich schrödinger schrodinger schrodinger cat wave probability science popular science http://boakes.org/schrodingers-preening-booth Warning: apache_lookup_uri() [function.apache-lookup-uri]: Unable to include '/pics/2006/dinger/cats' - error finding URI in /home/www/boakes.org/htdocs/mods/plugins/boakes-depicticon.php on line 65
Schrödinger’s cat, bless it’s little white paws, had a pretty tough time of it; what with being locked in an imaginary box, and having to share that space with only a decaying radioactive isotope. At the end of the experiment, when the box is opened and the cat is observed, it’s probability wave collapses [...]]]> http://boakes.org/schrodingers-preening-booth/feed/ http://boakes.org/two-nuclear-fallacies/ http://boakes.org/two-nuclear-fallacies/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2006 08:50:49 +0000 Rich nuclear power nuclear energy carbon free C02 alan johnson nuclear nuclear industry uk politics http://boakes.org/two-nuclear-fallacies/ Warning: apache_lookup_uri() [function.apache-lookup-uri]: Unable to include '/pics/2005/nukes/no' - error finding URI in /home/www/boakes.org/htdocs/mods/plugins/boakes-depicticon.php on line 65
Nuclear Energy is neither carbon-free, nor is it a secure energy, yet our government representatives appear to be drinking in everthing the Nuclear Industry offers them. This morning on the BBC’s Breakfast Television programme we were treated to an interview with Alan Johnson MP, the Trade and Industry Secretary. The interview follows coverage of the [...]]]> http://boakes.org/two-nuclear-fallacies/feed/ http://boakes.org/nuclear-power-no-thanks/ http://boakes.org/nuclear-power-no-thanks/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2005 19:46:33 +0000 Rich nuclear power nuclear conservation environment planet alternative energy greenpeace http://boakes.org/?p=536 Warning: apache_lookup_uri() [function.apache-lookup-uri]: Unable to include '/pics/2005/nukes/no' - error finding URI in /home/www/boakes.org/htdocs/mods/plugins/boakes-depicticon.php on line 65
For me, the arguments against nuclear power-plants in their current form are overwhelming; the most significant of these being the collapse of the “nuclear is clean” argument (because of the apparent hidden CO2 costs of preparing the enriched uranium). What’s important for the UK right now is that people engage in an informed debate about how [...]]]> http://boakes.org/nuclear-power-no-thanks/feed/ http://boakes.org/do-electronic-limescale-inhibitors-work/ http://boakes.org/do-electronic-limescale-inhibitors-work/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2005 15:52:58 +0000 Rich kettle limescale scalewatcher calcium calcify furring http://boakes.org/?p=308 Warning: apache_lookup_uri() [function.apache-lookup-uri]: Unable to include '/pics/2005/limescale/kettle' - error finding URI in /home/www/boakes.org/htdocs/mods/plugins/boakes-depicticon.php on line 65
I’ve been intermittently toying with the idea of fitting an Anti-Limescale device to the water supply in our home. Today, with the delivery of a new phone book, I got a flyer describing a product called ScaleWatcher which reminded me of my occasional curiosity with the subject. It’s a nice convincing-looking flyer, with a money [...]]]> http://boakes.org/do-electronic-limescale-inhibitors-work/feed/