Mosque Shootings

Earlier in the week in New Zealand, there was a terrorist that went through the town of Christ Church and shot dead 49 people while they were praying.

None of them did anything bad to him. The man is a Terrorist Scum. If he was never born then the world would be better.

I am due to become a parent myself and one of my hopes is that my son will live a blameless life and not take part in hate crimes of any kind. If my son lives without blame and is free of hate towards other people then I will be proud of him, even if he doesn't make much progress with his career I will still be proud that he was not drawn into the dark ways.

Ball pump

I was saying earlier that I often create things inside my head. One of the latest was port Xapien.

Inside the entertainment area of the airport is a ball fountain. It is a large cascading slalom of flumes and ridges that channel ball bearings from the top to the bottom of the waterless fountain. It is located at the entrance to the aquarium. The interesting problem regarding this feature is how to get the balls to move to the top of the fountain without scuffing or grinding up the balls and how to do it efficiently.

This may seem like a simple thing but it is not because there is more than one solution and it is hard to tell which one is best and you could keep finding more ways and find they are more efficient and reliable. Obviously, you can't use turbine blades or anything like that because they would strike the balls and chip them.

The way I thought of, is to use a cylinder with a screw embedded inside it. The cavity of the screw would be half that of the balls but in the space between the cylinder and the balls is a flange that forces the ball to ride up the screw as it turns. That would probably work but the leading edge of the screw piece would occasionally catch on the balls.

The other way is to have a pipe that is only slightly wider than the balls and a cam that pushes balls into the pipe, the ball that is pushed into the pipe would push all the balls that are already in the pipe.

The other way I thought of is to have flumes that are arranged like stairs. Mechinical fingers would push the balls to the next step. The flume on each step is tilted downwards so the balls roll over the finger in each phase of their assent. This device would work much like the circling penguin toys that are sold on the street.

There are so many ways to pump small balls to the top.

Story time

There was once a young man called Tom that lived on a small island in the seas of nowhere. Tom had an issue with the small island he lived on. The governor and his officials weren't building enough homes to accommodate all the  immigrants so the prices of the homes were inflating more than wages. Infact it had got so bad that most of the homes cost more than a quarter of a million shillings.

Tom wrote to the leaders and asked them to build more homes but they didn't listen. Even though they were taking a third of his income in taxes. Instead they decided to blow the money on a war with a far away kingdom that was surrounded by deserts and all their weapons were destroyed 15 years earlier so they were no threat to anyone.

He wrote to them again and talked to them but they still didn't listen instead they used vast amounts of money to build a special town that hosts games for other kingdoms for two weeks. Other kingdoms visited and threw sticks and run around and jumped. The prices of homes increased to one third of a million shillings.

Then there was a referendum to choose if they stay in the federation of kingdoms. It is a union to allow members of each kingdom move around and trade without being charged import taxes.

The Govenor wanted the island to remain in the federation of kingdoms so he told everyone to vote to stay but some of his officials wanted to leave but they were in the minority but one of them built a large wooden horse and painted it red and put a sign saying that 350 shillings would be used for the infirmary if they leave. No one cared about the red wooden horse.

Tom remembered that the Goveners never listened to him so he decided to vote the other way and voted to leave the federation. That way he could say "f you" to the establishment and slow down the flow of immigrants to make homes cheaper.

The majority of the island voted to leave the federation so the eastablishment blamed the wooden horse for deceiving the people. The governor asked the people why they voted to leave so the people sent the governor a mirror.

Port Xapien

Inside my head there is a place where creations manifest.

One of the biggest creations is a place called Port Xapien. It is a combined air port and sea port. The reason it is called Xapien is because it is shaped like a human laying down with an x shaped posture. The technical word for humans is Homo Sapien. The S is replaced with an x but it sounds the same. Sapient means wise in ancient Latin or Greek. It is a wise place because it is inspired by hindsight from other airport flaws.

The arms and legs of the airport are 4 runways that point out into an X shape. The (right leg) runway pointing South West is for planes landing that are coming from the South or West direction. The (Left leg) runway pointing South East is for planes taking of that are heading South or East. The (Left arm) runway that is pointing North east is for planes landing that are coming from a North or East direction. The (Right arm) runway that is pointing North West is for planes taking off and heading north or West. So two runways are for landing and two are for taking off.

The (Torso) gate area of the airport is at the end of the four runways and has departure gates that are below the ground, this means that the plane doesn't need to be towed backwards when it is time to taxi because they can continue forward. There is no building in the way of the plane. If you are in one of the departure gates, you would find yourself in a small hall with a ramp that goes up to ground level, the plane would park above your head.

The (Head) Arrivals and departure hall is a giant dome with an entertainment complex  below ground for visitors that are not flying. The entertainment complex consists of an aquarium, arcade and small VR theme park. The departures and arrivals is the same hall but different entrances. There is no terminal, just a long row of gates. The gates are lettered horizontally and numbered vertically.

The(neck) building attached to the dome and gates is a security screening area. And the space next to the runways and gate zone is solar panels with a car park below.

This blog entry doesn't really convey the complexity and detail of the airport but I am glad I can create these places because they give me comfort when I feel tense or worried. If there is one thing to be grateful for it is a good soothing imagination.

HS2 Renaissance

This month is due to bring big changes into my world. My Island country is due to leave the European Union. It is close to the birth of my son and other things are changing also.

There is a lot of stress now and one of the things I do when I am stressed is make videos and post them onto you tube and facebook.

As I am writing now, a new railway is being built called HS2. It is like HS1, the high speed train from London to Paris, but HS2 will connect the North of the Island to the south. It has been a while since I made videos so I will give it a go shortly. This video will just be a vlog about my options of HS2.  I'm sceptical of this new railway because I don't use HS1 and don't think I will use HS2. If I want to go to Paris I take a coach via a ferry or I drive via ferry. I don't take trains long distance because they charge too much money.

Story Time

There was once a kingdom called Blighty that had a lying swine of a man called Prince  McPhibs Underdesk. He had an issue with an activist called Gunson Squash.

Gunson Squash, claimed that Jehovah's witnesses were using too much paper and damaging the environment and disturbing people with nonsense every Sunday and Wednesday.

Prince McPhibs' stupid excuse for a brain came to the conclusion that Gunson is a racist Thug so we told the kingdom of Blighty a silly lie about plotting violence against other races because his silly Brain thinks that Jehovah's witnesses are a race and that talking about teachings is violent.

When Gunson asked Mcphibs why he lied, the prince ignored him and wasted the sons of Blightys' money by paying three guards to escort him to his carriage.

The scribe of Blighty stroked his air beard and came to the conclusion that Ignorance is expensive.

One month

In the space of about one month, I will hopefully become a parent. My son, Jacob is due to be born during the first week of April.

It is a stressful time for me but I have many coping mechanisms inside my head to help me feel less stressed. I create things such as art and videos, and I create machines inside my head that do certain things. I try to solve logical problems inside my head. People will see me and think I'm absent minded because they don't understand what is going on.

Anyway, there are many questions I have about the near future. Such as, will I give Jacob a good childhood? Will he have a long happy life? What will it mean to be a British boy growing up in the 2020's for Jacob. Will he live in a country that has been driven into poverty?  Will Jacob have a good social life and find it easy to make friends? What will Jacob value when he is an adult? What will he look like? Will he have good health? Will Jacob have good parents that steer him in all the right paths. Will his birth be straightforward and safe? So many questions, so many.

Some of my own Questions cause anxiety?