Monthly Archives: December 2011
Summary of (my) 2011
Let me share with you a brief recap of my 2011 (as I already did last year). If I then characterized 2010 as a learning year, I would say 2011 was a year on the run. At the beginning of the … Continue reading
Filed under Personal development & HR
First Take-Off
The 17th of December will always be an important day in the history of aviation for the following 2 reasons: The 17th of December 1903, Orville Wright performed the first flight aboard their Flyer I, Today, 17th December 2011, I … Continue reading
Filed under Aerospace & Defence
The British Museum
During the last trip to the United Kingdom I visited for the first time The British Museum (free). The museum itself is without any doubt amazing. However I had conflicting ideas of whether the breadth of pieces mostly coming from other … Continue reading
Filed under Travelling
The best (and the worst) of the first 200 posts
About a year ago, I wrote in the 100th post which were the most and least read of the first 100 posts. Today is another such occasion as this is the 200th post in the blog. I started the blog … Continue reading
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Wooden aircraft, cloth wings and pressure
Most of you, the readers of this blog, probably know that an airplane flies due to the difference in pressure between the upper (extrados) and lower (intrados) sides of its wing. This difference in pressure is due to the difference … Continue reading
Filed under Aerospace & Defence, Education
The Unwritten Laws of Finance & Investment
I believe I have already mentioned at some point in the blog the ritual I have almost every time I get into an airport of going to one of the book shops to check whether I can find something to … Continue reading
The origins of football and The Freemasons Arms
As a fan of football (soccer) and having read in the book “366 Historias del Fútbol Mundial“, by Alfredo Relaño (in Spanish, 768 pages – I posted about it here), about the English pub in which the Football Association was … Continue reading
Filed under Sports, Travelling
Same Old Game! (Banking)
During our last trip to London, we visited the Bank of England’s Museum (free). We enjoyed very much that visit and I may post longer about it in the future. This time I just wanted to share with you the … Continue reading
Filed under Economy, Travelling
