Author Archives: Spuggy

Solving the Börneplatz Problem

Posted on 18 September 2012 by Spuggy

Last night, I blogged about an inefficient bit of track design at Börneplatz in Frankfurt. And to make it EVEN MORE exciting, I left… A CLIFFHANGER.

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The Börneplatz Problem

Posted on 17 September 2012 by Spuggy

This is a little maths problem I was thinking about on the tram back today. Until recently, there were two tramlines running through the centre of Frankfurt, the 11 and the 12. The two lines follow the same track through … Continue reading →

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Garden update!

Posted on 3 September 2012 by Spuggy

A couple of months ago, I blogged about our budding balcony garden. I thought that would be it, but apparently plants do this weird thing called “grow”. I know, right? STRANGE. So, here’s an update on how our garden has … Continue reading →

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The best national coats of arms

Posted on 9 August 2012 by Spuggy

As you’ve probably guessed from Dove’s many Game of Thrones cross-stitches, there are few things we like more than a good coat of arms. The one problem is that the sigils used in A Song of Ice and Fire don’t … Continue reading →

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By Light Alone by Adam Roberts

Posted on 10 July 2012 by Spuggy

Adam Roberts seems to be, in general, a writer with two modes.* He can write good ideas badly, and he can write bad ideas well. His last novel, New Model Army, was an Andy McNab-meets-Cory Doctorow future-military romp which unfortunately … Continue reading →

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Our balcony garden

Posted on 2 July 2012 by Spuggy

A few months ago, the lady who lives across the hallway from us very kindly gave us one of her old windowboxes (and a hideously orange sun lounger). Since then, we’ve been building up a small garden on the balcony … Continue reading →

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The Footnotes of Doctor Moron

Posted on 15 March 2012 by Spuggy

If you didn’t guess from my last blog post where I went on far too long about The War of the Worlds, I am a huge fan of H.G. Wells. Right now, I’m trying to collect and read his entire … Continue reading →

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The unbelievable film titles of a wacky country

Posted on 21 February 2012 by Spuggy

One of the first things that you notice when you turn on the TV, go to a bookshop or even just glance at a movie poster in Germany is that for some reason almost everything has a different title here. … Continue reading →

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Another day, another soup – Cream of Pepper

Posted on 13 February 2012 by Spuggy

So apparently all the recipes I post are for soups? Well, whatever, soups are delicious and this is the perfect time of the year for them (incidentally, our max/min thermometer claims it’s been down as low as -16°C at night … Continue reading →

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Two bits of shameless marketing

Posted on 1 February 2012 by Spuggy

I popped into Offenbach today, just to see what it’s like. Annoyingly, the town closed its tramlines in the 90s, so instead the trams just come to a sudden halt at a set of buffers built at the city limits, … Continue reading →

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