Everyone should stop for a mental re-grease now and then. Spend a few minutes idling:

  1. Test your Trebuchet skills: www.globalspec.com/trebuchet/
  2. Is your job impossible but you just needed mathematical evidence? Find irrefutable proof that some things really are impossible! http://www.cut-the-knot.org/impossible/index.shtml
    cut-the-knot.org is jam packed with fantastic cerebral activities and discussions. Even if you don't follow all the maths, you will come across little gems like this one from the philosopher Jaako Hintikka "one is morally obligated not to do anything impossible".
  3. Or are you a visual person? http://www.popmath.org.uk/sculpture/sculpture.html This site profiles sculptural work by John Robinson. The site includes interactive images which you can move around in 3D.
  4. popmath.org.uk also have very interesting exhibitive work on knots. http://www.popmath.org.uk/exhib/knotexhib.html
  5. What about the Seven Wonders of the World: wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Wonders_of_the_World
  6. Do you believe your eyes or the science? www.ebaumsworld.com/trigrid.html
  7. Do you think like an Engineer? www.civil.eng.curtin.edu.au/quiz.cfm
  8. How much do you know about some of the world's greatest engineering feats? encarta.msn.com/encnet/departments/elearning/?page=engquiz&Quizid=145>1=7004
  9. How about a crossword? These are for the electrically minded! http://www.rfcafe.com/miscellany/crosswords_home.htm

WHAT'S FOR DINNER?

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Webmaster gave the Beef Stroganoff a go and it was scrummy.

 

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