When I was an 8-year-old kid, my grandfather called and invited me to listen to his new record. It was a vinyl recording of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. I don’t remember which version was or what orchestra performed it, or which director was at the helm. All those details were meaningless for that 8-year-old […]
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An unexpected phone call
Last Friday I was doing some research for my next article (it feels so good either writing or telling this phrase) when suddenly a message appeared in my LinkedIn account.It had been sent by a Pakistani process automation engineer that was working installing some electrical equipment in an industrial plant located somewhere in the south […]
Given my current fascination with scale modeling, I got a set of Polish made papercraft templates that will enable anybody with enough patience to build a 1:200 scale model of a Fletcher.
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The present
This story was inspired by a discussion thread in a sci-fi Facebook group.
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A mountaineer’s story
The Fitzroy massif features one of the most impressive challenges for rock climbers: The magnificent Cerro Torre. This impressive granite needle is 3133 m high, and you may think that it’s not so high when compared with either Mt. Everest or the K2. But its south face is quite remarkable because it’s a 2000 m […]
Barrio Parque or Palermo Chico is a residential subzone of the Palermo neighborhood of the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Adjacent to the south with the Recoleta neighborhood, Avenida del Libertador delimits the Palermo sub-area, between Tagle and Cavia streets, and the railroad tracks. It is one of the most sought-after areas of the city. […]
You can view my latest work in HQ at: https://www.behance.net/gallery/124849611/Back-in-SOHO
I have just read these series of articles about global warming on the website of Control magazine, they are written by Béla Lipták. I found them quite enlightning. This is the third. https://www.controlglobal.com/articles/2021/controlling-the-future-part-3/ About the author: Béla Lipták Béla Lipták is an automation and safety consultant and editor of the Instrument and Automation Engineers’ Handbook (IAEH). He can […]
I have just read these series of articles about global warming on the website of Control magazine, they are written by Béla Lipták. I found them quite enlightning: https://www.controlglobal.com/articles/2021/controlling-the-future-part-1/ About the author: Béla Lipták Béla Lipták is an automation and safety consultant and editor of the Instrument and Automation Engineers’ Handbook (IAEH). He can be contacted at liptakbela@aol.com.
The Pascal (Pa) is the International Measurements System unit for the measurement of pressure. It is defined as one newton per square meter and the recommended unit for atmospheric pressure measurement by the World Meteorological Organization is the hectopascal (hPa), which equals one hundred Pa. The definition of Standard temperature and pressure conditions used for […]