Douglas Adams

Hello everyone and welcome to Day 20 of the Useless Java series! Today, I’ll be making the electronic I Ching Calculator, from the Douglas Adams book The Long Dark Tea-Time of The Soul. What is so special about this calculator, anyways? What makes this calculator so special is that when given a mathematical expression that equates to a…

One of the writers I follow, who also happens to be my son, Lee David Tyrrell, wrote his personal Desert Island Discs list and encouraged me to do the same. For those who are not aware of the BBC Radio 4 show, Desert Island Discs, hosted by Lauren Laverne, it…

Stand tall. Be proud! — We’ve been called weird. Crazy, ridiculous, childish, pathetic. We’ve been bullied because we asked for homework at school. Because we actually wanted to understand the science class. Because we sucked at sports. We’ve been judged on every Saturday night we spent reading or playing make-believe games. We’ve been judged on…

Hi! Well, it’s Towel Day, isn’t it? Yeah. So I’ve got my towel, and I hope you all have your towels because, of course, it’s Towel Day. And, in honor of the occasion, instead of reading from Douglas Adams’ work, which I enjoy, but I’m not very good at it…

We Italian people, we have to suffer. It’s in our DNA. And in our academic program too. I am recently reading P.G. Wodehouse. Such a beautiful discovery. He’s fun, his stories are entertaining, has a witty humour and a great construction. I read once that he has a peculiar method…

“Alright ye mongrels, stop your whimpering. Ye all get points for trying… Before you know it, if you follow my advice, in no time we’ll all be flying!!” The first row of squirrels lined up along the branch, and counted down from three, and then when the count reached zero…

Gary wanted to experience ancient Rome. He had also been quite curious about the Elysium Fields, but that was neither here nor there, as they say. Then he thought maybe the Salem Witch Trials, but those were well-documented, and lynchings were nothing so uncommon that he couldn’t find a video…