Turing Bombe lives again, rebuilt by enthusiasts!

For anyone who has heard of the German Enigma cryptographic machine and Bletchley Park, the home of the British code breakers, this will be a piece of history come to life. For those that haven't, you've missed a pretty key part of how the allies put the boots to Uncle Adolph and his delusions of world dominion.

Enthusiasts recreate a Turing Bombe

This is a recreation of one of over 100 computers of this sort that decoded thousands of German Enigma-encoded messages every day. Much like radar (another secret accompanied by the wonderful misdirection campaign that carrots make you see better at night), the computers of Bletchley Park and the work of the code-breakers helped the soldiers, sailors and airmen of the Greatest Generation save civilization.

Former BMX Bike champ chases down bike thief

If we were all less tolerant of acts of petty vandalism and theft, our communities would be better off. This guy gets it - crimes of property are still crimes against people and leave people with an awful feeling.

BMX Champ vs. Bike Thief - 30 years doesn't equal a clean getaway!

The sort who get the job done...

US Sgt. is awarded Silver Star

Pursuing an assault into the face of hostile fire and in spite of injury to seize the high ground, drive off some enemy, and protect his people. It's this sort of guy that shows why the military forces of Canada, Britain and the USA are deserving of a lot of respect.

The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch leads to bomb scare...

I've often suggested that the world does not have enough Python in it. And I'm not talking that wannabee scripting language. I'm talking about Monty Python.

And this is proof - people didn't immediately recognize the HHG of A as a prop. Not enough time in from of the Telly watching the Python crew.

HHG = Bomb Scare

Math puzzles to fry your brain

Me and mathematics/statistics are good friends. We don't demand much of one another and we have good fun together sometimes. If we got all demanding and particular, there would be some bad outcomes.

So, I do enjoy math puzzles such as these, but I don't let my brain explode if I can't immediately solve one. Take the same good advice - have fun, not an aneurysm!

Math Puzzles