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30th January 2009SkyscrapersI've just had a thought... how are skyscrapers replaced? Think of the Twin Towers in New York: if they hadn't been knocked down by terrorists, surely they would have come to the end of their lives eventually, so how would they have been dismantled? Thinking about it, I suppose they could do it in two ways: a controlled demolition, or a sort of peaceful, drawn out deconstruction with cranes and that sort of stuff. From the 9/11 attacks, we've seen what a "controlled demolition"-like situation would entail - a lot of destruction around. But I've never seen a skyscraper being retired ...
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26th January 2009Exchange RatesThere's one good thing about the shitty exchange rates (from Britain's view): my Google Adsense payments will now be worth a whole lot more to me! Instead of the $100 getting me £50, it'll be something more like £75. Nice - all I need now is a bunch of visitors.
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25th January 2009French Speaking & PrelimsNOTE: FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN TIPS AND ADVICE ABOUT ADVANCED HIGHER FRENCH, CLICK HERE. I'm doing my 6th year prelims over the next two weeks, so I am officially on study leave. I was hoping that it was going to turn into a bit of a holiday with a few exams dotted throughout. Sadly, that's not going to be the case. Things have been piling up. I have to go in for a morning to discuss my Computing project with my teacher. I have to go in tomorrow to work on my speaking prelim which I will be doing on the ...
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20th January 2009President ObamaIt's been covered so much, but I'll just add - I'm very glad that Obama was elected. He's going to be good, or at least a lot better. I watched the inauguration live, was boring, probably won't do it again.
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19th January 2009Ernest Rutherford"All science is either physics or stamp collecting."
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About Wilf's Blog
I'm a mathematician, but apart from that, I'm a fairly normal guy. I used to write a blog - this blog. I write (wrote) about whatever is on my mind. It can get quite personal sometimes.
