Righto.com has a rather delightful introduction to and teardown of a Globus INK – a Soviet-era mechanical navigation aid for spaceflight.
Inside the Globus INK: A Mechanical Navigation Computer for Soviet Spaceflight
Deathlitas: Cut Your Losses Plan
A little on the nose, but I found it amusing.
Harland Miller at York Art Gallery
Some (sadly) rather late images from York Art Gallery’s Harland Miller summer exhibit.
Generally, I prefer the book covers to the larger letters however some of the larger letter works are also very good.
As always, click to embiggen.
Letters
York
The ‘Baedeker’ Raids over York
‘Raids over York‘ is an interesting and detailed view of the Baedeker air raids on York.
Continue reading “The ‘Baedeker’ Raids over York”The FAA/NASA animation of the closing of US Airspace on 9/11
A NASA animation of the FAA’s continental US flight logs from the morning of September 11th, 2001.
24 bloody years…
F. R. Stubbs, Ironmonger
While I’ve mentioned F. R. Stubbs before, I don’t think I’ve actually posted the Stubbs ghost sign that sits on the corner of Merchantgate and Walmgate.
“Hang On A Minute, Lads, I’ve Got A Great Idea” – The Making Of The Italian Job
Remy attributed such inventiveness to the enthusiasm of the studio. “The producers never stopped us. They only encouraged us.” Encouraged them, that is, to undertake a 60ft jump across the rooftops of Turin
As Luck Would Have It has a nice little article on some of the souls involved in the making of the Italian Job – the good one, not the remake.
‘York’ sign at the east end of York Minster
The ‘York’ sign at the east end of York Minster
Tis a shame it’s made of Astroturf tho’.
Building QEMU 10.0 on Raspberry Pi OS
Introduction
And so it came to pass that QEMU – a dependancy for ‘Period Sites in Period Browsers‘ – moved from version 9.0 to 10.0.
Sonata For Solo Cello: ‘Joanna’s Tale’ (Live Session) / Dobrawa Czocher (2025)
Really very good.