My favourite time of the summer term is when the scholarship exams are over, the Winchester entrances are done and Fifth Form and I can settle down to the important business of rocket building. The machines are black powder fuelled and reach 300 metres or so in a remarkably short time. They are sometimes constructed …
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Category:Blogs ‘n’ Ends
Friday…
My last post for this holiday will appear on Friday morning. I am not going to be able to mark any more work from Thursday as I have to travel back to Oxford for the start of term. I will still respond to comments here of course but won’t have time for anything more complicated. …
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Bird Box Update…
Thursday 4th May 15.15 – Bird Box not on British Summer Team Hatching has begun – this is when the parent birds are going to start getting very busy. The hatchlings will be OK surviving on their food reserves for a while but then they will need feeding constantly – about 6 g of food …
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Magnetish…
You may not notice anything different here but mysterious and wonderful things have happened. Firstly, I have added a ‘Community’ page for you to explore. Fill in the registration page and I will give you access when I have time. Use it wisely! Secondly, there are new links in the ‘Links’ menu. You should especially …
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Hoppy Hollydogs!
I hope you have a very Happy Christmas – or as they say in Wales, Nadolig Llawen. I will publish an article or two each day and they will always have a few questions at the end. The idea is that you can answer those questions using the comments section. They are always fairly simple …
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Quis es pennipotenti? Nos iustus operor ignoro!
The ‘tag line’ for this site, which explains what marketing types might call our core values, is ‘Quis es pennipotenti? Nos iustus operor ignoro!’ It is the most searched phrase on Google that leads people to the site, yet nobody has asked what it means. [06/02/10 No longer an oft’ searched phrase!] This is most …
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