Day: December 7, 2012

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Movember remembered – Nick Pither’s majestic mo is a real winner

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It may be December now, so many of the temporarily moustachioed lotharios in the UK are now gratefully shaving regularly again, but there’s still time to celebrate the efforts of those who were game in November to sport the most luxurious facial bush their follicles could muster. This bad boy dropped in to our inbox this week, the winner of Maintec’s Movember challenge (Maintec being the UK’s only show dedicated to industrial maintenance and asset management). Our congratulations and respectful admiration go to Nick Pither, Technical Engineering Manager at Mixing Solution Ltd, who covered his face with this horizontal ear-to-ear … Continue reading Movember remembered – Nick Pither’s majestic mo is a real winner

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North Korea rocket launch take 2 – an annotated graphic

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North Korea is apparently readying her second rocket launch of 2012, attempting to ping satellites in to orbit using ballistic missiles. Island neighbour Japan is a trifle nervous about it and is readying Patriot missiles to islands close to the areas where the three rocket stages are expected to crash land. There’s a fair amount of such military posturing and space activity going on in that part of the world, which goes some way to explaining this, this and this. Click on the graphic for an expanded view. Continue reading North Korea rocket launch take 2 – an annotated graphic