Charles Ellingworth

07:25

Doubtful Sound

Doubtful Sound is an inlet going ten miles into the Fjiordland of South Island in New Zealand. It was discovered by Captain Cook on his first voyage in the Endeavour in 1770 and was called Doubtful Sound because Cook refused to go into it because he was ‘doubtful’ if he would get the Endeavour out in a reasonable time frame because of the prevailing westerlies; square rigged ships tack poorly into the wind especially in a confined space - which this certainly is. Doubtful Sound was also badly named as it isn’t a sound - which is formed by river erosion - but a fjiord formed by the action of glaciation. As Cook didn’t have the knowledge of this word, it became a sound - which it has remained. It sounds better too.







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07:17

Is your phone listening to you?

Is your phone listening to you?
Is your phone listening to you? I don’t mean collecting your data from your search or viewing activity  - but actually listening to you.  ...
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19:33

Big Tech is playing fast and loose with our society - again

Big Tech is playing fast and loose with our society - again
This is from What I Learned This Week - about the way Big Tech is now conducting a grand experiment with AI on our society.  With social med...
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18:06

Finest Hour

Finest Hour
I have recently read a wonderful book by Liv Olson called Last Hope Island, about the experience of countries in continental Europe that we...
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16:42

James Lovelock

James Lovelock
James Lovelock died recently at 103. He was a  hero of mine, famous of course for his Gaia Theory which sees the earth as a complex living o...
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21:13

Secret Life

Secret Life
I watched some of the Netflix series on Jimmy Savile - as much as I needed to. One thing that came out of it was what a peculiar life he led...
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03:16

Rough Justice

Rough Justice
A few months ago there was a court martial of colonel in the army. He had been in charge of  a skiing party of officers and other ranks of b...
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