The Ninth Strange Day

Someone needs to buy me this.

There’s also plenty of time before the holidays to buy me anything else.

…I’m just sayin’.

The delicate workings at the heart of a 2,000-year-old analogue computer have been revealed by scientists.

The Antikythera Mechanism, discovered more than 100 years ago in a Roman shipwreck, was used by ancient Greeks to display astronomical cycles.

Using advanced imaging techniques, an Anglo-Greek team probed the remaining fragments of the complex geared device.

The results, published in the journal Nature, show it could have been used to predict solar and lunar eclipses.

The elaborate arrangement of bronze gears may also have displayed planetary information.

“This is as important for technology as the Acropolis is for architecture,” said Professor John Seiradakis of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece, and one of the team. “It is a unique device.”

However, not all experts agree with the team’s interpretation of the mechanism.

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“When you see it your jaw just drops and you think, ‘bloody hell that’s clever’”
Mike Edmunds
Cardiff University

Finally got around to taking pictures of my cool new shoes. I also go my new mobile phone today. The temptation to get the ringtone for Wham! “Last Christmas” is very strong in this one.

Anyhow… on to the pictures!

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This inability to order something in the US and have it sent to an address in Canada is really starting to get on my nerves.

https://www.lighttounite.org/

For ever “candle” that is “lit”, Bristol-Myers Squibb will donate one U.S. dollar toward AIDS research until they reach a total of $100,000.

What Tarot card am I?

You’re dying to know, aren’t you.
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