Detritus of Empire

Wandering unsupervised in various real and imaginary places. Detritus reflects my interests in robotics, travel, history and the odder aspects of the world around me.

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Monday, July 30, 2018

Time Capsule - Binoculars and a Story

My 95 year old father in law is sharp of mind but his eyesight is not good. When we were out to visit him in June he offered me a pair of b...

Friday, July 27, 2018

Forgotten Brewery Caves - By the Book.

I sometimes pass myself off as an expert on 19th century brewery caves. But a more accurate appraisal would be that I am a serious student ...

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Helping out Facebook

Your friend and mine, Facebook, got itself in a bit of trouble last year when it turned out that political hacks associated with the Trump c...

Monday, July 23, 2018

Saving Merlin

On the 4th of July we were enjoying our morning cup of coffee and looking off of the screened in deck at our cabin. I saw something fuzzy a...

Friday, July 20, 2018

Crop Marks - Summer of 2018

My archaeology friends back in England have been enjoying their blistering hot weather. Well, on one level anyway. Drought years always ma...

Wednesday, July 18, 2018

In Darkest Footsteps

I had to delay this post a while. Because there are some bad people in the world. I think I met one of the lesser ones during my dig at H...

Monday, July 16, 2018

Digging Hill 80 - It's a Wrap

The Hill 80 project was a rescue dig. This means they had a limited time window to study the site and preserve what they could before it wa...

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Tacitus: Having over the many years of my medical career seen too many hard working folks post pone retirement and tip over shortly after their farewell party I have adopted a Carpe Diem policy. Retire at 60. And don't let 'em throw you a party. Its working so far.

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