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AI-generated image using Midjourney using the prompt Ruminant Pink Friday Aweh dearly beloved fellow ruminants & groupies on day 163 of no lockdown.  Period as an ivory tower academic 168 days Before delving into green hydrogen again just a brief digression into the unrelated topic of AI-generated art which is topical now. Using a portraitContinue reading “Yet More Ruminations on Green Hydrogen“

33 Baker Square in Rosebank Johannesburg at 22h30 on Saturday 3 September Aweh dearly beloved fellow ruminants & groupies on day 156 of no lockdown.  Period as an ivory tower academic 161 days The term ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) is extremely fashionable these days. No respectable large corporate entity won’t devote a significant sectionContinue reading “Ruminations on lighting, laziness, and ESG”

Aweh dearly beloved fellow ruminants & groupies on day 149 of no lockdown.  Period as an ivory tower academic 154 days Do you know who you are? Who are you? This is also known as the Vorlon question from the science fiction series Babylon 5. There is then the related Shadow question, what do youContinue reading “Ruminations on Who You Are“

Aweh dearly beloved fellow ruminants & groupies on day 142 of no lockdown.  Period as an ivory tower academic 147 days This week I return to one of my favourite topics energy because I can, and I must. This week I had the privilege of presenting a two-day course to a diverse group of moreContinue reading “Ruminations on Electricity, Statements of the Obvious and Assumptions“

Celebrating Ruminant Pink Friday in the Kgalagadi Aweh dearly beloved fellow ruminants & groupies on day 135 of no lockdown.  Period as an ivory tower academic 140 days Forgive me dear readers it has been three weeks since my last blog. I have been on a wilderness trip to Botswana to Mabuasehube in the KgalagadiContinue reading “Ruminations Regarding the Return of Botswana Man and a Kettle“

Aweh dearly beloved fellow ruminants & groupies in day 114 of no lockdown.  Period as an ivory tower academic 119 days Forgive me dear readers it has been two weeks since my last blog. In good science fiction movies, it is always the imposing and often terrifying mother ship you see approaching earth as theContinue reading “A tribute to the mother ship on the occasion of her 80th birthday”

Stephan’s quintet is a grouping of five galaxies. This enormous mosaic is Webb’s largest image to date, covering about one-fifth of the Moon’s diameter. It contains over 150 million pixels and is constructed from almost 1,000 separate image files. Contemplate this when you are feeling anxious. Aweh dearly beloved fellow ruminants & groupies on dayContinue reading “Ruminations on Anxiety Caused by Uncertainty”

Unfit for public office Aweh dearly beloved fellow ruminants & groupies on day 92 of no lockdown. Period as an ivory tower academic 98 days There was a time when leaders who were unfit for public office either resigned or were forced out and left in disgrace like Richard Nixon. Remember David Cameron resigning afterContinue reading “Ruminations on Barnacles and Being Unfit for Public Office”

Madikwe Mooifontein Camp Aweh dearly beloved fellow ruminants & groupies in day 85 of no lockdown. Period as an ivory tower academic 91 days Last week there was no blog. I was in the beautiful game reserve Madikwe from Thursday to Sunday with a group of friends. It was a fantastic trip. The weather wasContinue reading “Ruminations on Load Shedding and the Existential Crisis Facing South Africa”

Maritaba Explorers Camp Aweh dearly beloved fellow ruminants & groupies on day 71 of no lockdown. Period as an ivory tower academic 77 days For more than 20 years I have been organising an annual trip to the bush for my cisgender male friends. This was only interrupted in 2020 by Covid 19. I haveContinue reading “Ruminations on Worrying, Anxiety, Depression and Extinction”