Category: The World
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Hut 51
Secrets. Always secrets. Why? What does it matter what they do inside these huts? Why have they cordoned off the area yet I’ve got through? Are they watching me? Do they know I’m here? I’ll have a look inside one of them. Just a quick look… it won’t hurt. Then, I’ll know. I’ll know if…
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Hot Hut
Sylv couldn’t believe her luck. Clear blue skies, acres of sand, and a slight breeze greeted her as she popped her head out of the hut at 7am. Pleasant temperature too, she thought. Come mid-day, it was a different story. Sylv sweltered within, and couldn’t set foot on the scorching sand outside. She grabbed the…
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The Leap Second
Did you enjoy yesterday’s Leap Second? At the time of its appearance I was well away in the land of nod, but earlier in the day had an ideal opportunity to put the Leap Second to good use as my internet connection went on the fritz and I had to wait a few seconds for…
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One Minute …erm, Second Ramble: Just a tick
What strange phenomenon falls tonight before the day of the Full Moon? Exactly before. The split second before July 1st? A Leap Second, that’s what! Yes, at 23:59:60 June will become July. We have an extra second today… and I’ve just filled it for you! Enjoy… and enjoy the power of tomorrow’s Full Moon also!
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The Burning of Gwylfryn
Centuries ago, just inside the Welsh border, existed a small village known as Gwylfryn. In those days, folk didn’t have names, but used what they did and where they came from as their ‘name’. One villager, Gwylfryn Hunterre, was the hunter. So proud a marksman was he, only one bird defied his arrows; the great…
The Mansionic Perspective 