Microsorting – single points of failure – maybe one of them will listen

Things that were stuffed in boxes have been unstuffed from boxes and restuffed into other boxes. Hopefully entropy has been reduced and more order restored.

Some hope. Whether I can find any of it again is open to question.

Covid data tomorrow, so nothing new on that until then.

When I went up to University after school there was a new book – J.E. Gordon’s The New Science of Strong Materials – that introduced me to how things were built and, among other things, tensioned structures. It also looked at other hazards, like Mice in the Gliders concerning assault gliders of the second world war and how the rodents were attracted by the crumbs left by workmen eating lunch. This was combatted by a Ministry issue of cats.

The tensioned structures are currently and tragically in the news because of the bridge collapse in Baltimore, where the whole structure was affected. This has got me thinking about single points of failure and project management which I am teaching to first years. And yes it is worth it – maybe one of them will listen.

Tomorrow must be shopping and getting on with something more substantive than microsorting.

Music

Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687), Jubilate Deo, Motet pour la Paix, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall