The Road From Los Alamos, Hans Bethe (ISBN 978-0883187074, American Institute of Physics)
I bought this book after reading the making of the atomic bomb. And then, as usual it ended up sitting on a shelf for a long time. After recently having read Dark Sun I decided it was time to get this book from Hans Bethe behind me. It was actually better than I expected and…
The Auk adventure continues
A few weeks ago the first cherry tomatoes started to appear. Now there are more and bigger ones on the plant but all are still very green. Also, my other 2 plants are starting to bear fruit although it is too early to tell with certainty which one is the pepper plant and which one…
AI Humor
When writing posts I often ask the system to generate title options. Very often I find them uninspired and stereotypical. The follow a repetitive pattern and as a result I don’t use them very often. Recently I posted the following quote ‘It may be that we are jogging in tandem on a treadmill to nowhere.’…
Here, There and Everywhere
‘Why should I go anywhere when I am already there ?’― Brahmin Ladies
A Rigid System
‘What happened in this country was that a rigid system was created, and then life was hearded into it.’― Mikhail Gorbachev
Apes on a Treadmill
‘It may be that we are jogging in tandem on a treadmill to nowhere.’― Paul Warnke
Dark Sun. The making of the hydrogen bomb, Richard Rhodes (ISBN 9780684824147, Simon & Schuster)
After having read ‘The making of the atomic bomb’ by Richard Rhodes I also had to read this book. It didn’t win the Pulitzer prize although it did make the short list for it. Compared to the award winning ‘The making of the atomic bomb’ I have to agree this book is not as excellent…
Breakpoint Foodstation Antwerp
A while ago we were at hockey club Olympia and went for lunch at Brasserie Woods. I wrote another post about that. This was an excellent choice but we also had to grab something to bring along for one of the hockey players and decided to stop on the walk back from Brasserie Woods to…
Growing Cherry Tomatoes in Your Auk Mini
Some time ago I mentioned I had switched from basil and parsley in my Auk mini to cherry tomatoes, chilli peppers and some mini peppers. After 2 weeks I saw the first sprouts and by now the tomato plant is a giant dwarfing the other 2. Luckily I could decide on what would go into…
Reality
‘Reality is that which, when you don’t believe in it, doesn’t go away.’― Peter Viereck
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