Archive for February, 2017


How the Internet is changing lives, one person at a time – now a total of 2 million and counting …

February 4th, 2017 by Roger Darlington

Although I am (somehow) 68, I continue to work part-time through a portfolio of appointments. One of the most satisfying is my my position as a Non-Executive Director on the Board of the Good Things Foundation (formerly the Tinder Foundation). This great organisation supports a network of some 5,000 centres UK-wide which supports digital inclusion […]

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A review of the novella “Of Mice And Men”

February 3rd, 2017 by Roger Darlington

It’s taken me 68 years but I’ve finally got round to reading Steinbeck famous classic and you can read my short review here.

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Ever heard of the Shapley attractor?

February 1st, 2017 by Roger Darlington

No? You surprise me! It just happens to be the most massive structure in the observable universe. It is a dense “super-cluster” of galaxies some 750 million light years away. So what, I hear you cry. Well, the Shapley attractor is pulling the Milky Way through space at a speed of 1.25 million miles per […]

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