The Partial Eclipse At Isandlwana
Did a partial solar eclipse affect the outcome of the Battle of Isandlwana in 1879? No. Here's why.
The Oikofuge
A discursive blog on various topics of minor interest
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Lunar Libration: Part Two
A discussion of how the Earth moves in the Moon's sky, due to lunar libration. and of the areas on the Moon's surface where the Earth will be seen to rise and set once a month.
CCCP 2026: Arran
An illustrated series of walk reports from a trip to Arran
Isobel Wylie Hutchison: On Greenland’s Closed Shore
A review of Isobel Wylie Hutchison's "On Greenland's Closed Shore" (1930)
The Spilhaus Projection
A discussion of the Spilhaus "World in a Square" projection, used to display all the worlds oceans as a continuous body of water, without interruption.
Brass Monkey Weather
A discussion of the phrase "brass monkey weather", and a refutation of the folk etymology of "cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey".
The Dave Hewitt Memorial Angry Corrie
An introduction to the seventy-ninth edition of The Angry Corrie hill fanzine, published in memory of its editor and cofounder, Dave Hewitt
Lunar Libration: Part One
A description of the components of lunar libration, which allow us to peek a little way into the lunar far side, including some animations of the various effects.
Stable
A festive dissertation on the extensive etymological links of the word "stable", and a discussion of why some of use think of Jesus as having been born in a stable.
Glen Doll: The Lunkard To Corrie Fee
An illustrated walk report of a traverse of the southern rim of Glen Doll