Author Archives: dougaj4

“Davy Graham has a theory” …

Posted on 19/02/2015 by dougaj4

… is not an official Googlewhack because it has five words and is enclosed in quotes; nonetheless this exact search in Google returns just one hit (at least it did until today): “She Moved Thru’ the Bizarre”: Davy Graham and … Continue reading →

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West meets East

Posted on 15/02/2015 by dougaj4

On Friday I attended an excellent concert by the Australian Chamber Orchestra and the Tawadros brothers, Joseph and James. They played a mixture of Verdi’s 4 Seasons interspersed by original pieces by Joseph Tawadros. The Youtube clip froman earlier concert … Continue reading →

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Beams may kiss, but do not hug …

Posted on 09/02/2015 by dougaj4

… not full length anyway. This post was inspired by a now very long discussion at Eng-Tips on the apparently simple question of what happens when you place one short beam on top of a longer one, and apply a … Continue reading →

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Links on Lists, and other things.

Posted on 31/01/2015 by dougaj4

Daily Dose of Excel recently had a post on interacting with List Objects from VBA.  Since I make very little use of Lists (or Tables as they are now known in Excel, but not VBA), I thought I’d have a search … Continue reading →

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Simpson’s Donkey

Posted on 27/01/2015 by dougaj4

Simpson and his Donkey. John Simpson Kirkpatrick

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