Archives for April, 2007

Still in Greenville


Well, I’m still in Greenvile - Work asked me to stay another week to help upgrade the EDI software that we use, so how could I refuse
I was hoping to upload some of the photos that I had taken so far this evening, but I stupidly forgot the USB cable for the phone [...]

Happy April Fools day


On 1 April 1976, Patrick Moore announced that a ‘unique astronomical event’ was going to occur at 9.47 am. As Pluto passed behind Jupiter a ‘gravitational alignment’ would reduce the Earth’s gravity for a few moments. Anyone who jumped into the air at 9.47 would experience a strange floating sensation.
Hundreds of people did experience the [...]