Some historical background In my last article, I mentioned the avoirdupois pound, but I avoided any side story about this measurement unit to focus on the horsepower story. But after researching its origins and evolution, I discovered, IMHO, a fascinating story. The avoirdupois system is a system for the measurement of weight developed in the …
Like everybody else with a broadband internet connection, I spend an embarrassing amount of time watching YouTube videos. Shame on me. The only redeeming factor of my worthless habit is that the videos I like to watch are usually about stuff I like; history, science, engineering, planes, cars, astronomy, space, computers, well you get the …
Yesterday was Tuesday the 13th. For most of the world, Friday the 13th is the traditional bad luck day. But for the majority of Spanish-speaking people, Tuesday the 13th is the ominous one. The fear of the number 13th has a scientific name: “triskaidekaphobia”.The fear of the Friday the 13th is called “paraskevidekatriaphobia”. Apparently, its …
A few weeks ago, in order to get my family updated regarding Star Wars background details, we went through the original trilogy via Netflix. And after watching all the classic sequences, I started to think about the lessons in Process Automation that can be extracted from the original trilogy. No, really, I’m not under the influence …
What can Star Wars teach us about Process Safety, seriously. Read More »
