Author Archives: Spuggy

Time Crystals

Posted on 22 March 2017 by Spuggy

A short story, based on a cool bit of recent news.

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Can the Moon be used as a weapon?

Posted on 28 February 2017 by Spuggy

Twitter likes to have its daily figures of mockery, and today that role fell to Brianna Wu – game developer, women’s rights activist and prospective politician. In response to Space X’s announcement that it was aiming to send people to … Continue reading →

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How easy would it be to cover up alien life?

Posted on 23 February 2017 by Spuggy

It wasn’t aliens, despite what The Telegraph claimed, but it was cool. TRAPPIST-1 has a whole clutch of planets orbiting, including several rocky Earth sized planets in its habitable zone. “Well,” the conspiracy theorists are already saying, “of course they wouldn’t … Continue reading →

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How would scientists announce the discovery of aliens?

Posted on 21 February 2017 by Spuggy

On Monday 20th January, Nasa announced a sudden press conference on a “discovery beyond our solar system“. Admittedly, Nasa has become a bit notorious for calling press conferences at the drop of a space helmet, but this one has people quite excited. … Continue reading →

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Secrets of the Private Eye crossword

Posted on 8 February 2017 by Spuggy

There’s something odd about cryptic crosswords. They appear in every newspaper as if they’re self-explanatory, yet they have extremely intricate rules and customs. As the many hours I wasted in the school library, staring at the back pages of the … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Miscellaneous Vonneguts

Posted on 15 January 2017 by Spuggy

Hey, Dove isn’t the only one who can do bookpinions! (Although she’s always more perceptive when it comes to books, to be fair, so hers are probably more interesting) A while ago I decided to set myself a reading challenge. … Continue reading →

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Google Search Q&A 7

Posted on 13 January 2017 by Spuggy

It’s really thin pickings now. The only search results we still see are from what I imagine must be the really exotic search engines. Hello to all you Yahooers and Lycosers and Duck Duck Goers! But there’s one search that … Continue reading →

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Frankfurt Sneak Statistics III – Sn3ak

Posted on 31 December 2016 by Spuggy

Here we are again. Another year of OV Sneak Preview – the showing of a random new movie each week at Frankfurt Metropolis cinema. In 2014 and 2015, I collected all the statistics of the films we saw and did … Continue reading →

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Blooming Bloomsday

Posted on 19 June 2016 by Spuggy

This is something I wrote for Bloomsday. Dove suggested I put it online so here you go. Joyce in the style of Joyce.

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Some Eurovision 2016 statistics

Posted on 15 May 2016 by Spuggy

Today, 200 million Europeans wake up with a banging headache, an empty liquor cabinet and almost no memory of any of the music they heard last night. Yes, it’s Eurovision time! In the interests of openness, Eurovision makes all the … Continue reading →

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