A Little More Web Kipple
‘Simulating Lightning‐Induced Tree Mortality in the Dynamic Global Vegetation Model LPJ‐GUESS‘ (pdf) is a nice little read about simulating global tree death rates due to lighting strikes. The methods they use to validate their model are interesting and, while the number they come up with (301–340 million trees of a diameter of greater than 10cm) seems rather large, it pales when compared to their cited number of 50 billion trees killed by all combined natural causes.
After running my Pimoroni NVMe bases for over a year without enclosures, I figured it was time to stop pushing my luck. Enter the Pimoroni ‘NVMe Base Case for Raspberry Pi 5’.
The ‘full fat’ version of June’s ‘December Sunrise – A Timelapse‘. Unsurprisingly, it’s also from December 2024.
Gallery: 2024 Miscellanea
I stumbled across this rather nice ice cream van postbox topper a few days ago in Malton’s Market Place.
Some more photos of the Middlecave Yard demolition and rebuild. As always, bigger images are available with a click.
The view across the junction between Middlecave Road and Victoria Stree. Parts of the footpath remain fenced off.
Continue reading “The Middlecave Yard Demolition and Rebuild – Late July 2025”
An old photo of what was, back then, a rather new view.
Continue reading “York Minster, West Front / James Valentine (between 1860 and 1879)”
Whilst trying to track down the cost of memory for a PDP-11 I stumbled across The PDP-11 FAQ and it’s rather excellent collection of early 70s PDP-11 price lists. It’s a fun little list, rammed through of interesting little nuggets – today it’s hard to imaging it but in 1972 a line printer would have set you back at least 12,000 USD. That’s almost 92,000 USD in 2025 prices!
Continue reading “The cost of a PDP-11 circa 1971”
This is interesting; Heresy, witchcraft, Jean Gerson, scepticism and the use of placebo controls covers a late 16th Century French attempt to apply a proto-scientific method to demonic possession and, in effect, implement a placebo-controlled trial.
