Today is “pi day”, and was established by American math geeks to honour the mathematical constant pi. As you may recall from those long distant geometry lessons, Pi is the ratio of the circumference of a circle as against its diameter. No matter the size of the circle, pi is always the same! This year, […]
“Spock” Farewell LEONARD NIMOY 1931 – 2015
The Gower peninsular in South Wales has an abundance of beautiful hikes. Some of the better known hiking landmarks of the area include the gorgeous Three Cliffs Bay and the iconic Worms Head tidal island off Rhossili Beach. Whiteford Sands is one of the more unusual destinations of the Gower, in that its most notable […]
Cardiff now has its very own liquid nitrogen ice-cream parlour! Using liquid nitrogen to make ice-cream results in a unique creamy texture, as the sheer speed within which the ice-cream mixture freezes means ice crystals do not have the chance to form. Even with the best ice-cream churner, you will not succeed in achieving this […]
For as long as I can remember, I have always been encouraged to embrace my inner-geek (whether space-related, sci-fi-related, dinosaur-related, comic-related, all-things vintage-related, or schwarzenegger-related etc.). What better way, then, could there be to kick-start this blog than for me to pay homage to the 1980s icon that probably inspired it all: the NASA […]
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