The Computus Engine

Last summer I was fortunate to spend some time in Athens.

Today marks the 350th anniversary of the founding of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich (RGO).

TC39 has had a Temporal API proposal in the works since 2017.

The first XKCD cartoon I remember seeing was "sudo make me a sandwich".

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is the UK's national metrology centre.

The Royal Greenwich Observatory (RGO) has a rich and wonderful history.

Some things sneak up on you.

Regnal dating is a largely historical system used for the dating of documents.

Electromagnetic Field is a magical place that only appears every couple of years.

Daylight Saving Time is the name given to the process of setting clocks forward by an hour during spring and summer, then setting them back again during Autumn and Winter.

This year is a bit longer than usual as we have an extra day in February.

"If you work on anything for long enough, then every year becomes the anniversary of something." - attributed to Peter Hook A month or so ago I was putting together my desktop calendars for 2020, when I realised I've now been doing this particular activity

I've kept a box in my office for the last few years.

A few weeks ago I gave a talk about Leap Seconds at Electromagnetic Field (EMF) - an extraordinary camping festival for hackers and makers, held in the UK every two years.

The remarkably named Sir Cloudesley Shovell was by the time of his death in 1707, Admiral of the British Fleet.