From ‘Unbound’……Views On Gambling….Mount Maesry….
by Bernie Bell - 08:47 on 28 August 2023
From ‘Unbound’….
"Hello
Today's selection of books delves into space, comics, computers, comedy and architecture, so it's time to get your geek on. Also, check out our brand new crowdfunding launch this week courtesy of our favourite Red Dwarf star Robert Llewellyn..."
THE GHOST CAMERA by Robert Llewellyn
A tech start-up accidentally creates an image capture device that sees through time, not space, revealing what appear to be other versions of our world.
WONDERS AND VISIONS by Adam Roberts and Graham Sleight
This book tells the story of science fiction through its most iconic, beautiful, interesting and (sometimes) crass cover art: from the earliest days of publishing in the 19th century, through the glory days of Pulp magazine covers and the Golden Age, into the endless visual experimentation of the New Wave and so to the post-Star Wars era, when a 'visual logic' comes to dominate not just science fiction but culture as a whole.
THE PARADOX PARADOX by Daniel Hardcastle
A bit Star Trek, a bit Doctor Who, and a bit f****d up.
Osheen Shupple has been working his entire life to resolve the paradox of a desperate audio message from years ago, one which holds a horrifying secret that will change the course of history. His plan: build a time machine and return to the source of the message. But he can’t do it alone...
BE FUNNY OR DIE by Joel Morris
“Comedy is the art of making people laugh, without making them puke.” Steve Martin
Comedy is a universal human game, with big social prizes, and occasionally genuine hazards. So what are the rules? Comedy writer Joel Morris reveals the secrets of comedy and how it works.
20 GOTO 10 by Steven Goodwin
Whether you're interested in machines from the mainstream such as Sinclair, Acorn, Atari, Famicom, Sega, Nintendo, Sony, and Commodore, or the lesser known cabal of Dragon, Tandy, Oric or Amstrad, 20 GOTO 10 shows how numbers underpin more that the internal workings of these machines.
UNTITLED MYSTERY by John Finnemore
The official follow-up to Torquemada's baffling 1934 literary murder-mystery puzzle book, Cain's Jawbone.
After solving Cain's Jawbone in 2020, comedy writer John Finnemore has returned with his own challenge: the first murder mystery ever to be presented in the form of a box of picture postcards. Everything about John's sequel is a mystery – including the title...
UNDERNEATH THE ARCHERS
All of the extraordinary changes and developments of the last seventy years have found a place within Ambridge, home of The Archers. For almost half that time, Graham Harvey was the man behind its agricultural storylines, responsible for writing over 600 episodes. This powerful memoir charts Graham's life not just as a writer but as an environmental campaigner and champion of sustainable farming.
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Views On Gambling….
I read this article by Duncan Lunan….
https://theorkneynews.scot/2023/08/27/why-i-dont-play-the-machines/
….and ‘commented’…..
“Re. “No thanks, I once put 10 pence into one and lost it” - and gambling in general.
Many years ago – after Uni and before finding ‘a proper job’, I worked on the till in a Bookies. That was an education in the futility of gambling. Yes, some were ‘lucky’, some had ‘a system’ – mostly, what I saw were working people pouring their hard-earned money down the drain.
While I was working there, there was a Grand National and one of the ‘big nobs’ from Head Office was visiting. He persuaded me to put 50p on a horse - a ‘dead-cert’ - it came a cropper at a fence and was badly injured. I promised myself to never bet on horses again. And that’s my answer to folk about betting on horses – ‘I put 50p on a horse once, and it fell over.”
And then there’s this aspect of it….
https://theorkneynews.scot/2021/04/28/raising-a-big-question-mark-over-horse-racing/
I see the recent proliferation of adverts on the telly for gambling, as being a cause for concern.
Clever way to get folk reading about science though, Duncan! Carl Sagan – one of my heroes….
https://theorkneynews.scot/2018/02/26/more-mathematical-neolithic-musings/ “
What a mixture humanity, and the world that we make, is.
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Mount Maesry….
Tombs of the Isles update on Mount Maesry, Sanday….
https://archaeologyorkney.com/2023/08/27/mount-maesry-update/
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Here’s one I made earlier….. https://theorkneynews.scot/2022/05/27/we-return-to-happy-valley/
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