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Didn't spot any fish, but some passengers sang about sharks! 🦈

London *also* is full of loud, drunk men today... :( I'm assuming it's sports-related – does someone know what's going on?

*quickly changes stations, gets on another train and flees*
26 May at 12:00 | Open on chaos.social
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blinry

I'm in Oxford! Sandstone buildings, bars, and bookshops!

I did this "self-guided tour for new and prospective students", and enjoyed it a lot! It's very well-produced, and playing audio based on my location worked quite well.
ox.ac.uk/students/new/knowyour
26 May at 19:36 | Open on chaos.social
blinry replied to blinry

And look who I met! @katzazi and @leyrer! Everyone's gravitating towards #emf2024! :D
26 May at 19:40 | Open on chaos.social
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I also visited University of Oxford's Museum of Science, which showcases a lot of scientific instruments, including some super pretty and old astrolabes!

The museum didn't do a good of explaining how to use them, though. Need to look into that later tonight, maybe! :)
26 May at 19:46 | Open on chaos.social
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Isn't it weird that humans and bananas *ever* shared a common ancestor?!
27 May at 10:39 | Open on chaos.social
blinry replied to blinry

Had a brilliant day in Oxford!

Visited Blackwell's Bookshop! <3 They have a giant underground room with cozy lighting, and staff that radiates their love of books!
27 May at 21:56 | Open on chaos.social
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Saw a dodo skeleton at the Natural History Museum!
27 May at 21:58 | Open on chaos.social
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Found the Penrose Paving at the Mathematical Institute!

Also learned that they published most of their undergraduate lectures on YouTube: maths.ox.ac.uk/node/67930
27 May at 22:01 | Open on chaos.social
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I really enjoyed my stay in Oxford, glad I came here! Such a cool and interesting place!

Tomorrow, I'll head to my final in-between stop before I go to #emf2024!
27 May at 22:10 | Open on chaos.social
blinry replied to blinry

Minding the step today.
28 May at 9:51 | Open on chaos.social
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I'm in Bletchley! :) Was greeted by a cat committee.
28 May at 18:17 | Open on chaos.social
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Visited the National Museum of Computing today. I've been to plenty of computer museums – but this one is special: Almost everything works!

You can type on an Enigma, and then see how a bombe helped decipher it. It's *loud*!!

They also have a computer from 1951, the "Witch", which still works! It had 340 bytes of RAM, could calculate five values per second, and punch them out on paper tape!
28 May at 18:32 | Open on chaos.social
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