Things I Have Enjoyed & Learnt 013
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Things I Have Enjoyed
How It Unfolds by Expanse author James S.A. Corey.
This video of helicopters resupplying an aircraft carrier.
He scrolled too deep... is only 3:32. Give it a chance.
This article using a CT scanner to compare Apple's new USB-C cable with others. The interactive visualisation is particularly impressive.
Whatever this is from the US Consumer Product Safety Commission.
One Revolution Per Minute, a non-narrative short film about a rotating space station.
Drew Weissman telling his parents he won the Nobel Prize for his work on mRNA and COVID-19 vaccines.
When a tiny sailing boat got rescued by an enormous (replica of a) triple-masted 18th Century ship.
Things I Have Learnt
Where my computer gets the time from.
You used to be able to buy a TfL ticket called a Go-As-You-Please.
You can detect police officers by picking up the bluetooth signals from the Taser weapons they carry.
A "grism" is a combination of a prism and a diffraction grating.
You can ride on a "convertible" train open-top through the Berlin underground.
The End
Thank god it's finely half-term.
Alby