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Miscellany

Updated June 26/2023

Musings and ponderings.

Brief notes on a wetland in West Richland, WA
Wayfinding in the woods using shadows for when your compass breaks down
Honeycombing of a sandstone gravestone at Tilton on the Hill, Leicestershire, UK
Why was it so cold (2008 & 2011) and why is it so warm this year? (2015) - it's ENSO and PDO combined
Divvying up a pie or pizza - the geometry of equal-angle segments of a circle
Writing about the Malaspina Galleries - more confusion
Electromagnetic radiation from spark plugs - a note
Oh Canada! Three quotes from the 2010 Winter Olympic Games
Provincial (BC) election 2009. Proportional representation result
Federal elections 2008 and 2011. Proportional representation results
Provincial (BC) election 2013. Proportional representation results
Coriolis variations, including:

why does water go down the drain counter-clockwise?
the flight of a golf ball – how is it affected by the rotation of the earth?
why does the wind on Gabriola blow from the northwest in summer and the southeast in winter?
why does the air circulate clockwise around a high-pressure system?
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