novolocus.com » A Bit Random http://www.novolocus.com Whatever Andy Burns is working on... Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:00:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Measure the speed of light with a chocolate bar http://www.novolocus.com/2007/09/27/measure-the-speed-of-light-with-a-chocolate-bar/ http://www.novolocus.com/2007/09/27/measure-the-speed-of-light-with-a-chocolate-bar/#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2007 07:09:30 +0000 Andy http://www.novolocus.com/?p=30 Okay, so this experiment appeals to the home scientist in me.

]]> http://www.novolocus.com/2007/09/27/measure-the-speed-of-light-with-a-chocolate-bar/feed/ Lexar Media Press Release on Amazon http://www.novolocus.com/2007/09/05/lexar-media-press-release-on-amazon/ http://www.novolocus.com/2007/09/05/lexar-media-press-release-on-amazon/#comments Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:09:39 +0000 Andy http://www.novolocus.com/?p=49 Hilarious! - or the comments are, anyway.

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]]> http://www.novolocus.com/2007/01/16/human-caused-earthquakes/feed/ Random but cool http://www.novolocus.com/2006/12/27/random-but-cool/ http://www.novolocus.com/2006/12/27/random-but-cool/#comments Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:12:06 +0000 Andy http://www.novolocus.com/?p=112 The Office Supplies Trebuchet

]]> http://www.novolocus.com/2006/12/27/random-but-cool/feed/ A real piece of computing history… http://www.novolocus.com/2006/09/13/a-real-piece-of-computing-history/ http://www.novolocus.com/2006/09/13/a-real-piece-of-computing-history/#comments Wed, 13 Sep 2006 07:09:45 +0000 Andy http://www.novolocus.com/?p=152 Although Britain takes too much credit for Engima (the Poles figured out how to break it, although they didn’t ‘industrialise’ it), the Turing Bombes are incredible, and it’s great to see one built.

]]> http://www.novolocus.com/2006/09/13/a-real-piece-of-computing-history/feed/ Lock picking… …well, bumping http://www.novolocus.com/2006/08/25/lock-picking-well-bumping/ http://www.novolocus.com/2006/08/25/lock-picking-well-bumping/#comments Fri, 25 Aug 2006 14:08:56 +0000 Andy http://www.novolocus.com/?p=163 Interesting and slightly worrying way of Opening a lock by ‘bumping’ it

]]> http://www.novolocus.com/2006/08/25/lock-picking-well-bumping/feed/ Swimbots.com http://www.novolocus.com/2005/07/29/swimbotscom/ http://www.novolocus.com/2005/07/29/swimbotscom/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2005 13:07:44 +0000 Andy http://www.novolocus.com/?p=232 It’s a bit of a toy, but Swimbots is a quite fun A-life programme.

]]> http://www.novolocus.com/2005/07/29/swimbotscom/feed/ Morbid http://www.novolocus.com/2005/07/15/morbid/ http://www.novolocus.com/2005/07/15/morbid/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2005 13:07:09 +0000 Andy http://www.novolocus.com/?p=236 Yet strangely fascinating. How safe is your house from Nuclear attack. London is ‘ -0.13, 51.5 ‘. And that’s ‘Nu-clear’ for any Americans, not ‘Nuke-u-lar’…

]]> http://www.novolocus.com/2005/07/15/morbid/feed/ Cool special effect http://www.novolocus.com/2005/07/05/cool-special-effect/ http://www.novolocus.com/2005/07/05/cool-special-effect/#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2005 22:07:06 +0000 Andy http://www.novolocus.com/?p=239 I can’t think of a single use for this, but it looks cool

]]> http://www.novolocus.com/2005/07/05/cool-special-effect/feed/ Google Maps http://www.novolocus.com/2005/06/07/google-maps/ http://www.novolocus.com/2005/06/07/google-maps/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2005 06:06:37 +0000 Andy http://www.novolocus.com/?p=259 Been meaning to add this for a while - the mapping programmes on the web are getting much better:

- Aircraft Graveyard - Bet the North Koreans Like that!

- Hello Dave

- Hi Luecke

Interesting Maps… …lots more interesting pictures. Cool, but also kinda scary.

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