h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

My bestest friend was a whiz with a 3d printer. He made me a beautiful lightsaber, and a golden snitch for my wife.

Before he passed, I had the idea I'd ask him to make me TWO models of the sundiver - Disaster Area's stuntship - put them on stands side by side, and paint one up so you could tell what it is (like in the photo), and just spray the other in Black 3.0 or Mousablack or one of those other super-matt-black paints. I think that would make an excellent geeky mantlepiece thing.

Still think it would.

https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/the-sun-diver-disaster-areas-black-stuntship-91b1f05b2d6a4b5aaa1ef3ef58615b66

What an awesome idea. I love the design. I wonder how much of the detail might disappear when painted?

I'd love to own a 3D printer, but I just don't have any real use for one. But if I did, I'd definitely print one of these myself.

"I wonder how much of the detail might disappear when painted? "

The trick with painting something like that is that you don't generally just paint it a solid colour then leave it. Really good modelmakers will do washes and highlights and distressing and all sorts of stuff that takes AGES but makes the textures and detail pop out.

And then next to it you'd have something EXACTLY the same shape and size that looks like a hole in space, because by design ALL of the detail would disappear.

Hmm... I'm starting to wonder about my ability to read and comprehend. You clearly explained that and yet my brain missed the concept.

I'm finding I do this more often, lately. Is it that I'm just skimming over things? Or does it have something to do with my vision? My vision is now limited to a fairly narrow range from my right eye only, I can see from my nose to not quite straight ahead. I wonder if a right/left brain thing is going on.

But most likely, I'm just skimming.

If you think you really are missing chunks of text, worth putting a marker on the side you usually miss & concentrate on reaching the marker before going on to the next line. Or sometimes people find it easier to turn the text so it fits into the area of sight.
I do realise that's not always feasible with screen text, but I believe there are ways of turning screen text into a scrolling option.

Today I learned about the Stone of Scone. Now I finally know where Terry Pratchett got the idea for the Scone of Stone from...

I also learned that Scone is a place, not just something to eat with with your tea with cream and strawberry jam (not in the tea. You know what I mean)

I knew about Sandwich and the sandwich.
Bara Brith also famously wasn't invented by the Croatian publisher Barabrith...

When I visited Scotland in 2014, a local friend took me touring around the area and he took me to Scone Palace where I saw the replica Stone of Scone. It just sits outside in a small paved square. I was staying in Edinburgh and I toured Edinburgh Castle and saw the actual Stone of Scone under glass, no photography allowed. What I found interesting is how the replica only vaguely resembles the original.

Probably to make sure they only use the real thing and nothing but the real thing?

The sound of bagpipes played outdoors carries a long way. Our neighbour practices in his garden & I could hear it clearly 5 min walk away. Not so loud when indoors with windows closed - I wonder why he doesn't practice indoors?

His wife won't allow it.

She's the Queen and he is the alarm clock?

Probably not at 5 pm! At least he can play well & it's not for too long.

Today I learned that USB 1.0 & 2.0 ports have white or black plastic tabs in them while USB 3.0 have blue tabs and USB 3.1 have teal ones. I don't think I've seen any USB 3.1 ports.

I did notice the blue ones but would have to look up what teal actually looks like before committing to a statement of having seen one or not.

Teal is rather like cyan. Light blue-green.
But I've also never seen a USB 3.1 port in the wild.

So today I learned what teal looks like. I'll store it next to the definition of mauve.

I'm not sure which I prefer, mauve or chartreuse. They definitely don't go well together.

You can't drink mauve. You can drink the colours chartreuse, champagne, burgundy or cognac. Problem solved.

(Or used to be, they now make mauve gin, but that's cheating)

You can also drink l.

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