Well, I was really trying not to imagine you doing this…
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I’ve recently finished Tim Peake’s autobiography. I quite enjoyed it overall.
His time in space accounts for only a relatively small part of the whole book.
I’d assumed that he must have had more of a science/engineering background, but he went to Sandhurst straight from school and only did a degree later on while still serving. His time as a test pilot sounds pretty hardcore and I guess that’s what helped him get on the astronaut selection path.
The time lag from being selected to join the astronaut programme to being allocated a mission to actually going into space is crazy. Years and years of training and preparation.
I don’t think I could have stood the “jolly japes” and practical jokes in the mess while he was in the army. I guess that’s a “feature” of being in the forces?
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He did mention multiple income streams the other day.
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Thats the answer to the question, “What was the last book that made you cry”
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What does that have to do with Dali?! hha
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I’ve just finished The Kite Runner.
Some emotional bits in that.
Really good book too.
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I’m currently Ranulph Feinnes’ Shackleton biography and am about 2/3rds of the way through.
It’s a good read. Those guys were brave or stupid to venture into a hostile environment like the Antarctic with no knowledge of what was over the horizon and no possibility of anyone coming to help if they got into trouble. Modern day polar tricking sounds bad enough with modern equipment, detailed mapping and the possibility of being air lifted out. Those guys were literally walking to the point of starvation.
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Halfway through Mid Life Cyclists, Phil Cavell.
Not exactly light bedtime reading😬
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Christ I hated that book. Half of it is in flashback and could have been summarised in the opening chapter.
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Yeah reflecting back it’s not the greatest.
My main issue is that EVERY single character has some sort of issue or ailment.
They either get raped, die, have some sort of injury, lose a family member or a lasting health issue.
Every single character!!
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I think it got made into a film?
Yeah I think you’re right.
It’s not going on my to watch list
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Kind of a reading thing- Twitter.
I just don’t get it but maybe am doing it wrong. If you use Twitter, how and why? Do you follow people whose views you care about? Do you use it as a source of info? Do you actually tweet? Whats it for?
Sorry probably way behind the curve & should have asked this question years ago. Just interested now with the Elon Musk thing.
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Twitter is a bit of a shit show. I have an account, look in occasionally. Its an absolute echo chamber for whatever your views are and magnifies them massively.
I reply occasionally to other peoples tweets, but only people I know. Cant remember the last time I posted something not in reply.
The most useful thing Ive seen it used for is publically shaming companies into helping you with soemthing when their customer service has been shit.
The Elon Musk thing is interesting. Massive part if the problem is the free speech / editorial aspect. It has far less restrictions than say Instagram and you can put nudity, porn, violence all manner of stuff on there. But post an opionion the woke overlords dont like and it will be removed and youll be banned. Its very arbitrary and subjective.
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I use it as a news feed for bike racing - MotoGP, BSB, Irish roads, Dakar etc. It seems to be the preferred social media for that industry. I never post or react to posts, it’s just simply a one stop shop for bike news. I primarily follow bike sport journalists and a smattering of teams and racers. They need to be exceptionally interesting for me to follow directly though.
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For various news channels and as @GRamsay says, to live in my own echo-chamber. Have a separate account for teaching stuff.
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Has anyone read anything by David Eagleman? Probably one for the science buffs.
I’ve just downloaded Incognito. Gripped already, find the human brain and psychology so fascinating
Caught a YT channel the other day, guy in a studio talking Moto GP and Keith Huewen on. They were on about Suzuki. Seemed like a good set up but I can’t remember the name.
Crash MotoGP? I sometimes listen to their podcast. Keith is on that and they’ve just released a Suzuki focussed one. I think it’s on YouTube as well but I only listen via Spotify.