Wednesday, September 25, 2013

I'm enjoying a nice cup of sleepy time tea

before bed.

I don't know if this is true or not but some of the staff were talking about it yesterday. Apparently when your using Apples "Face time," the application shares your email address. I searched YouTube and found  nothing about this.

I came across a great article in i09 how Winston Churchill in the Second World War, wanted to build these aircraft carriers made of ice. It was discovered that ice melted a lot slower in the cold waters of the Atlantic ocean. The idea was to make a difference in the battle for the Atlantic, which Brittan was on the losing end due to Hitler's U-boats. Geoffrey Pyke, an eccentric scientist who was working for Combined Operations at the time envisioned sculptured icebergs in the Atlantic that could contain airfields or at least fueling depots for ailed for aircraft. However his ice experiments became to week. After a process of trial-and-error, he threw some sawdust into the mix — and the ensuing difference in strength was dramatic. This Pyke named the material Pykrete. Churchill ran with this experiment and dubbed it Operation Habakkuk. They actually began building a prototype in of all places Jasper Alberta on Patricia Lake. There's even a lake shore plaque on the site of the prototype still there today. You can read more about this fascinating piece of history here:

So I have today off but then I'm hard at it Thursday, Friday and Saturday. I think I'm going to opt out for Sunday though, that's a lot of hours. Anyway, that's all for now. 

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