Marcus Wilson • Sep 03, 2013 •
First things first. PhysicsStop is back on-line after an enjoyable two-week break in warm and sunny southern England. Second things second. What advice can anyone give to the parents of a fourteen-month-old with jetlag who insists that 4 am is time to get up, have breakfast, and feed the chickens (or the "Choo Chuk" as he calls them)? … Read More
Marcus Wilson • Aug 09, 2013 •
Well, today's big story is just perfect for PhysicsStop. Cricket meets physics. What more could I ask for.In case you've just arrived from Alpha Centauri, there have been accusations flying that both English and Australian batsmen have been tryin... Read More
Marcus Wilson • May 31, 2013 •
Last week we had a new oven installed. Our old el-cheapo one that came with the house was never in Karen's good books. Small, dirty, incapable of getting to a high temperature and generally giving the impression that it was about to die at any mo... Read More
Marcus Wilson • Apr 03, 2013 •
Happy Easter everyone. Sorry for lack of blog activity - lots of marking has been building up that I've needed to get through. Yesterday we experienced the vacuum-packing ability of a clip-container in a microwave. In this case, it was being... Read More
Marcus Wilson • Jan 23, 2013 •
We've had a bumper crop of plums from our two plum trees. Way more than we can eat our way through in the short plum season. It appears that we aren't the only ones - the last couple of weeks have seen bucket loads of free plums turn up in the tea-room... Read More
Marcus Wilson • Jan 18, 2013 •
Over Christmas, we were staying with my wife's sister and her family in Dunedin. Early one morning (sometime before I got up, anyway - that is my definition of early) a loud 'bang' came from the direction of the kitchen, followed by the sound of eight ... Read More
Marcus Wilson • Nov 28, 2012 •
With the recent undiscovery of Sandy Island I've begun wondering what other things might be ripe for undiscovery. Wasps, for example. Wouldn't it be great if we realized that there wasn't actually any evidence for the existence of wasps after all. Thei... Read More
Marcus Wilson • Jul 25, 2012 •
It's been great having time off work with Karen and Benjamin, but, as they say, all good things come to an end. So today it's back to work, with my first class in about an hour and a half. I spent my final afternoon of parental leave probing the underl... Read More
Marcus Wilson • Jun 18, 2012 •
Well, looks like winter has finally arrived here. There's not much worse weather-wise than having a clear night with the cloud rolling in just as the sun rises. The clear night lets the temperature drop, as the ground radiates away more energy than it ... Read More
Marcus Wilson • May 31, 2012 •
Monday morning was one of those strange days where for some non-obvious reason there was far more traffic than normal. Maybe there had been an accident somewhere, or there was some event on, but, for whatever reason, it took nearly half an hour to craw... Read More