Ad Hoc

Dave is a somewhat ad hoc being who is into:
following Christ
being a good dad
faith/science issues
biocomposites
flying boats
old Mazdas
absurdity
pants


....to name but a few things.

If you still want to know more, back in the mists of time, before blogging became the cool and smart, I kept an even more flagrantly egocentric website:
http://www.vergenet.net/~dave/


*Should you want to comment on posts, you can do it by viewing them individually, but I don't have the computer smarts to make it easier for you than that*
Nov 20
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davereed: thedoghousediaries Exactly. Until we clean up our electricity production, we are still polluting. via knightsofidledays This whole “clean” electric car thing  has bothered me for some time, but always a bit complicated to articulate. But now we have a cartoon to d that….it’s all good!

davereed:

thedoghousediaries

Exactly. Until we clean up our electricity production, we are still polluting.

via knightsofidledays

This whole “clean” electric car thing  has bothered me for some time, but always a bit complicated to articulate. But now we have a cartoon to d that….it’s all good!

Nov 19
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benkraal: (via mikespinelli) If I was in the market for a two-tonne street-rod, I’d be right into a stripped and slammed ‘69(-ish) Mercury Cougar. Sweet mercy who wouldn’t?!

benkraal:

(via mikespinelli)

If I was in the market for a two-tonne street-rod, I’d be right into a stripped and slammed ‘69(-ish) Mercury Cougar.

Sweet mercy who wouldn’t?!

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“ If I had a nephew getting his Ps I would suggest a two-speed slushbox, too. He’ll still crash, but he’ll crash slower, and learn the value of momentum.
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Dr Ben makes funny and true.

I have two nephews just on/getting a license. One already has a sluggish auto car ready and waiting, the other may be getting my now-surplus-to-requirements sluggish auto car. This is a good way to make sure one continues to have nephews, and not bits of nephew and car wreckage scattered along the side of the road.

Nov 16
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I received a job application from someone who lists one of their hobbies as fishing, and to sweeten the deal has reported their current personal record for largest fish caught. Tempted to give them the job just for that.

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benkraal: travors: Bellen! See also the “Richard Scarry Book of the Future” from Merlin Mann’s 43Folders podcast. Scary, true, and a significant part of the reason for my current shift in career.

benkraal:

travors:

Bellen!

See also the “Richard Scarry Book of the Future” from Merlin Mann’s 43Folders podcast.

Scary, true, and a significant part of the reason for my current shift in career.

Nov 12
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“

In my experience all Physics teachers are more than a little cranked.

So you’ll obviously fit right in
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Dr Ben.

I just accepted a position to teach Physics and general (junior) science here from next year, which for me is gonna be fully old school bro. Farewell to a career in breaking stuff, hello to a career en-learning youngsters to science.

Oct 29
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davereed: via klaatu While I’m not normally a fan of internet memes…..that is SOLID GOLD right there. Solid. Gold.

davereed:

via klaatu

While I’m not normally a fan of internet memes…..that is SOLID GOLD right there.

Solid.

Gold.

Oct 15
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Quiz:

davereed:

Q: What do the following words have in common:

  • line
  • lingerie
  • linen
  • linoleum
  • lining

A: Obviously, “lin”.  But what’s the connection?

The Latin for the Flax plant is “linum”.  Flax is used to make fabric, linen, which was originally used for mostly undergarments, hence lingerie, and apparel lining, and the thread of which could be used to mark a straight line.  Linseed is oil from the flax plant, which is used to make linoleum.

What an etymologically-crazy world we live in!

Yay Flax! Maybe with a PhD in flax fibre composites I should be calling myself a Linologist.

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davereed: ‘Dave’ ambigram by mattmcinerney

davereed:

‘Dave’ ambigram by mattmcinerney
Oct 02
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benkraal: Singer Vehicle Design 911, via hotwheels. Friends, let us contemplate why this is awesome. Yes, it has 400hp and yes it’s modified up the wazoo and there’s a half cage in there and that billet filler cap in the centre of the bonnet is capital-C-cool. (That C may also stand for caricature, but let’s leave that aside for now.) But that’s not why this is awesome. It is awesome because it is full of joy. No-one phoned in the original 911. There was no box-ticking, there were no focus groups and above all there was no half-arsed market research that showed that 15% of people thought they needed a special clock on the dashboard to time their once-a-year track day jaunt. Look, as a general rule I’m not that crash hot on Eurothrash, but y’know, frankly GIVE ME ONE OF THESE RIGHT NOW OR I’LL EAT YOUR FAMILY. It’s a punishingly excellent orange, and everything Dr Ben says is correct, especially his use of the term “wazoo”. That pretty much clinches the argument. Think about it.

benkraal:

Singer Vehicle Design 911, via hotwheels.

Friends, let us contemplate why this is awesome. Yes, it has 400hp and yes it’s modified up the wazoo and there’s a half cage in there and that billet filler cap in the centre of the bonnet is capital-C-cool. (That C may also stand for caricature, but let’s leave that aside for now.)

But that’s not why this is awesome. It is awesome because it is full of joy. No-one phoned in the original 911. There was no box-ticking, there were no focus groups and above all there was no half-arsed market research that showed that 15% of people thought they needed a special clock on the dashboard to time their once-a-year track day jaunt.

Look, as a general rule I’m not that crash hot on Eurothrash, but y’know, frankly GIVE ME ONE OF THESE RIGHT NOW OR I’LL EAT YOUR FAMILY.

It’s a punishingly excellent orange, and everything Dr Ben says is correct, especially his use of the term “wazoo”. That pretty much clinches the argument.

Think about it.