A hobby of mine is writing spreadsheets that maintain compatibility with archaic and obsolete software. Recently, a bug was discovered in one of my spreadsheets, which I had to fix by losing compatibility with Excel 97.
Category Archives: Blog
The end of Bloganuary 2024
At the start of the year I set myself a challenge to post to my weblog every day. I did it!
Five revision tips for Physics
Physics is a subject where students can always improve if they practice routinely. In this post I give some tips on how to revise Physics effectively.
The Mother of the Nuclear Atom
Lise Meitner’s first duty was to science. From a supportive and encouraging childhood, she grew into one of the most remarkable physicists of the 20th Century, whilst keeping her moral integrity intact.
Bad physics in the wild
Some examples of bad physics found in the wild
Civilian radiation accidents in the 20th Century
Here is a short list of accidents that involve civilians being exposed to ionising radiation before the year 2000. Why did I stop there? The list was getting too long and too repetitive. And that is really concerning!
On the arrogance of physicists
Physics teachers can look like people whose whole raison d’etre is to catch young people out and proclaim, “ah ha, you were wrong!” In a way, that is precisely what we do.
No valuables left overnight
This is a post full of pictures of how I built my hut
What a waste of space
I could have got 42% more bauble if they were stacked differently
Leslie’s Cube
There is more to surface emissivity than just colour and shininess. When using a good quality infrared thermal camera, there is usually an option to correct the temperature scale for the surface emissivity, from 0 to 1.
Physics with Keith 