Mirko's points and mumblings

A classic duel in the 1980s

November 10, 2022 16:08 - 18 minutes - 6.27 MB

Lancia had been working undercover in a project called 037. It was a rally car based on the Lancia Montecarlo sports coupe, which had been beautifully styled by the legendary Pininfarina design studio, which was behind the design of every Ferrari built since the 1950s. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://mirkotc.wordpress.com/2022/11/10/a-classic-duel-in-the-1980s/

100 articles: A chronicle of the advance of digitalization in the process industry

October 31, 2022 04:37 - 16 minutes - 5.7 MB

The story of how marshalling became virtualized This episode is also available as a blog post: https://mirkotc.wordpress.com/2022/10/31/100-articles-a-chronicle-of-the-advance-of-digitalization-in-the-process-industry/ And in LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/100-articles-chronicle-advance-digitalization-process-mirko/

Pictures from Ukraine

July 28, 2022 17:39 - 2 minutes - 1010 KB

A group of soldiers are firing a gun, which is angry at the sky...

My summer modelling project

January 16, 2022 02:59 - 5 minutes - 1.9 MB

The story of the Mazda 787B, the first Japanese car to win the 24 hours of Le Mans.

Going through a heat wave in Buenos Aires

January 15, 2022 08:52 - 1 minute - 468 KB

The consequences of global warming are undeniable.

The Ninth

October 02, 2021 15:46 - 1 minute - 456 KB

An experience of an 8-year-old kid, 46 years later… This episode is also available as a blog post: https://mirkotc.wordpress.com/2021/10/02/the-ninth/

An unexpected phone call

September 27, 2021 03:11 - 2 minutes - 738 KB

Last Friday I was doing some research for my next article (it feels so good either writing or telling this phrase) when suddenly a message appeared in my LinkedIn account... This episode is also available as a blog post: https://mirkotc.wordpress.com/2021/09/27/an-unexpected-phone-call/

The great Fletcher experiment

September 13, 2021 16:26 - 22 minutes - 7.8 MB

After watching "Greyhound", an incredibly good movie about antisubmarine warfare in WWII, I fell in love with the actual hero of the story. Not Tom Hanks, but the USS ¨Keeling¨ (call name ¨Greyhound¨), the Fletcher-class destroyer under Ernest Krause´s command, a delightful performance from Tom Hanks, who is becoming the Spencer Tracy of the XXI century. Given my current fascination with scale modelling, I got a set of Polish-made papercraft templates that will enable anybody with enough pat...

The present

September 10, 2021 19:22 - 7 minutes - 2.63 MB

This story was inspired by a discussion thread in a sci-fi Facebook group. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://mirkotc.wordpress.com/2021/09/10/the-present/

A mountaineer’s story

September 08, 2021 03:03 - 4 minutes - 1.4 MB

A mountaineer’s story This episode is also available as a blog post: https://mirkotc.wordpress.com/2021/09/07/a-mountaineers-story-2/

A nice Saturday morning walk through the most exclusive neighborhood in BA

August 08, 2021 14:51 - 3 minutes - 1.04 MB

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://mirkotc.wordpress.com/2021/08/08/a-nice-saturday-morning-walk-through-the-most-exclusive-neighborhood-in-ba/

From Blaise Pascal to global warming

July 13, 2021 21:28 - 9 minutes - 3.27 MB

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://mirkotc.wordpress.com/2021/07/13/from-blaise-pascal-to-global-warming/

Cool Car of the week

June 27, 2021 02:36 - 5 minutes - 1.77 MB

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://mirkotc.wordpress.com/2021/01/21/cool-car-of-the-week/

A matter of weight, or how the pound survived

June 26, 2021 15:25 - 7 minutes - 2.64 MB

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://mirkotc.wordpress.com/2021/06/26/a-matter-of-weight-or-how-the-pound-survived/

Cool car of the week: Lancia Stratos HF

June 25, 2021 22:12 - 13 minutes - 4.48 MB

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://mirkotc.wordpress.com/2021/01/30/cool-car-of-the-week-2/

To mux or not to mux

June 25, 2021 01:01 - 16 minutes - 5.66 MB

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://mirkotc.wordpress.com/2021/02/23/to-mux-or-not-to-mux/

The ominous Tuesday the 13th, April 2021

June 25, 2021 00:48 - 4 minutes - 1.52 MB

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://mirkotc.wordpress.com/2021/04/15/the-ominous-tuesday-the-13th-april-2021/

So, what the heck is an Alpine?

June 24, 2021 20:58 - 12 minutes - 4.26 MB

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://mirkotc.wordpress.com/2021/02/11/so-what-the-heck-is-an-alpine/

A Koenigsegg is not an egg based swedish food

June 24, 2021 19:13 - 16 minutes - 5.56 MB

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://mirkotc.wordpress.com/2021/06/08/a-koenigsegg-is-not-an-egg-based-swedish-food/

When drones stop being fun…

June 24, 2021 19:04 - 8 minutes - 3.09 MB

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://mirkotc.wordpress.com/2021/06/14/when-drones-stop-being-fun/

Want a chip? join the line…

June 24, 2021 18:51 - 7 minutes - 2.71 MB

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://mirkotc.wordpress.com/2021/06/11/want-a-chip-join-the-line/

Watt is a horsepower?

June 24, 2021 18:37 - 8 minutes - 2.9 MB

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://mirkotc.wordpress.com/2021/06/24/watt-is-a-horsepower/

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