Today’s internet activism 1: Goading euro-sceptics on talk.politics.european-union.
Today’s internet activism 2: fine-tuning our anti-spam literature for MEPs in an email to George Mills.
Today’s real-life activism: Slavica Milacic called from Montenegro. I’d seen in B92 that she is part of the Montenegrin negotiating team for the EU-brokered talks with Belgrade. She invited me to come and do some work with the team over the first weekend in January; sounds like a fine idea to me, since I’ve never been to Montenegro.
Today at work: finishing Europa South-East Monitor, bits and pieces of website.
From the Heart of Europe
Books, politics, languages and life
I saw the TV show – I can heartily recommend it.
On the subject of the N1 Rocket, I’m not sure that Korolev could have solved its problems in a timely fashion, as the basic flaw was with its design: too many engines. These added to the complexity of the rocket, with a myriad of fuel lines and pumps – but also caused resonances that caused pipes and other workings to break lose with disastrous consequences.