It seems that brown coal isn’t the only problem we have with power … here is a nice sine wave picture of a typical Victorian mains supply … no, it shouldn’t have all that spiky stuff in it …

A small business such as ours is hallmarked primarily by the people who work there and by the people who shop there.  Nobody’s perfect … and we can certainly exemplify that principle. In this world of the anonymous click to buy we are exactly the opposite of that. I wonder if that makes people frightened of our potentially undue familiarity ...

If any of you have ever read the EE “Doc” Smith Lensman series of space opera then you will be aware of the narrative of the irresistible force meeting the immoveable object...

In 1978 I was fortunate as teenager to spend several weeks in Hong Kong; my father was working there and offered me an airfare and a place to stay. At the time China was a closed country like North Korea today with no access except for very small scale diplomatic contacts...