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Cyclic loading on brick
An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar. The first orders a pint. The second orders a 1/2 pint. The third orders a 1/4 pint, the fourth orders an 1/8 of a pint. The barman goes “ah, I know where this is going” and pours 2 pints total (and thus avoids an infinite amount…
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Brick texture and Biofilms
This is a continuation of this post, where I got fascinated with a garden wall, and why there’s such a clear dividing line between the upper 5 courses (which are black with biofilm), and the lower five courses (which are clean red brick). My conclusions at the time were that the upper bricks might be…
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Nerd news is engineering news
One of my hobbies is collecting, painting and playing games with different toy soldiers. It’s a combination of all the frustration control of a dolls house, wild architectural dioramas, and the excuse to stand around a table, roll dice and chat with mates for an afternoon. If you live in the UK, you are probably…
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Does kiln marking map to permeability?
A few months back, while walking the dog up to the vet, I saw an incredibly interesting brick. It had a combination of kiln marking and efflorescence. It seems to suggest that the black redox center and reddish oxygenated edge of the brick are permeable, but there’s this gap between. Very interesting. Today I exhausted…
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Foto forensics
Recent work with pixels and variance reminded me of the various tools available for checking if an image has been photoshopped. Premier amongst the options is Fotoforensics. below is a viral image from LinkedIn. It’s a specialist viral, which is circulating in the plumbing and heatpump groups as a terrible example. Is it real? i…
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A suitable CMA project
The Boneyard is my kind of place – a small repurposed edgeland, full of container storefronts for different small crafters and makers. It’s led by a jeweller with a sharp eye for design, and has already been the subject of one project by Cardiff Met. There’s vehicle access, but the bulk of passing eyes are…
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Gammon vs Tarquin
“You’re ok for an educated guy”. “It comes down to that degree. Without we’re considered lower class” “The only time a white middle class male professional really feels the vulnerability of a minority, is cycling in traffic” “I hate cyclists. Think themselves above the rules” There’s a bit of a culture war going on in…
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Draft replies to the UK Government Net-Zero Review
Below are my draft replies. Not every page has to be filled in with the order seemingly intended to grind you down and prioritise disgruntled business feedback. Some of my answers are a little tounge in cheek, and some may be plain wrong. I hope not though. To break up the post a little I’ve…
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Colloquy exhibition review
The just closed exhibition at The Flourish, Cardiff Bay comes as a Welsh-Canadian collaboration exploring ‘creative narratives in metal’. Metals can be ductile, shiny, stamped, woven and stretched. They are, quite literally, flexible, and difficult enough to work with that art and manufacturing intersect. I’m looking at these not as an art gallery, but a…