Author Archives: dougaj4

Cracks in the Dome

Posted on 15/07/2012 by dougaj4

On 28 July 1987 (close to 25 years ago) The New York Times Reported Cracks in a Great Dome in Florence May Point to Impending Disaster … but those caring for the dome worry that it has recently embarked on … Continue reading →

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Reynardine

Posted on 15/07/2012 by dougaj4

Reynardine (if Wikipedia is to be believed) is an early 20th century re-interpretation of a 18th or 19th century folk song, overlaying mystic overtones on a straightforward story of a young woman being waylaid by some rake. Whatever its history, … Continue reading →

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Units for Excel

Posted on 11/07/2012 by dougaj4

One of the reasons that programs like MathCad tend to be preferred to Excel for engineering and scientific applications is that they have much better facilities for dealing with different units of measurement.  This isn’t difficult, since the only built-in function provided … Continue reading →

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Bare Pictures

Posted on 05/07/2012 by dougaj4

From Youngest Daughter’s new web site: http://barepictures.net/ Hey guys, Welcome to the Bare Pictures site! We haven’t overloaded this website with a load of information as we think what we do is pretty simple. We make music videos. For us … Continue reading →

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LatPilePY 1.04

Posted on 04/07/2012 by dougaj4

Following comments from Stephen on LatPile 1.03 I have modified the code so that if the specified Soil Properties range includes lines 8 and 9 (for specified effective depths at the top of each layer), but these lines are blank, the effective … Continue reading →

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