
A dense but whimsical technical blog for curious monkeys.
| Platform | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly | |
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| Issues | 186 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 7 days ago |
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High Speed 2, Hinkley Point C, the Airbus A380… tunnel boring, cable-pulling, re-design and catastrophe. These are mega projects that fell on their face, and there are thousands more of them, so how do we avoid the failures?
After all, you...
All things rot.
In October of 2011 an explosion & massive fire ripped through the Co-Op oil refinery In Regina, Canada. At the same time I inspected hissing air from the back of an acid etch cell in the UK. Two events, one culprit that wil...
This was the second article I ever wrote on Substack and covers the beautiful dream and terrifying challenges of hypersonic air-breathing flight. Will it remain a dream? This article aired when my subscriber count was only in double digits,...
Iron, water, silicon and dying stars: The cosmic flukes that enabled everything.
It was very hot recently in Ireland. House-deadening, thought-sapping, glorious heat filled bright days and purgatory nights, and if not for a weird property...
Highlights and dappled shade moved with invisible haste, and the murmur of the freeway dulled thought and shuttered the senses.
It was a perfect day in the city, and the exit ramp approached Peter Fischer for the last time. Irene murmure...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
Hard tech without the bytes: A technical blog for curious creatures.
Executive Director, Progress Ireland
I write about human potential and how we can build an amazing future.
Astrophysics PhD and industry analyst. Advocate of human settlement of the solar system
Ideas to unlock Ireland's potential.
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