tomb with a view

A view from the churchyard at Barrowden in Rutland.

dan and dan

These two are clever.

Indulge us this brief 'experiment'... This sketch is a palindrome - i.e., it's the same backwards as it is forwards. It's arguably not the funniest sketch on Youtube, but it's almost certainly one of the only ones that was written using a spreadsheet. This is something we had to get out of our system. Normal service will resume shortly.

When you've watched this see some more of them here. (Sorry about the ads.)

blackout

Found this strange object in my Dad's loft the other day. Apparently it was developed during the second world war and is called a blackout bulb. It's remarkable property is that when turned on, it emits only darkness.

You can imagine how important this device could be, useful for concealing virtually anything in darkness.

The first picture below shows it when it's turned off.

The second picture was taken by a high-speed camera in the split-second before it is fully deluminated.

The third picture is a photograph of the bulb when it is working.





Thanks to Robert for the information.