James Marinero
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I live on a boat and write as I sail slowly around the world. Follow me for a varied story diet: true stories, humor, tech, AI, travel, geopolitics and more. I also write techno thrillers, with six to my name. More of my stories on Medium
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China's Coal Role in Global Warming
Hot and humid I’m in Indonesia as I write this and yesterday the first mate and I visited a school so that the pupils could get some experience of listening to native English speakers (although I have a Welsh accent and as the World Cup is about to start they all knew who Gareth Bale is).
By James Marinero3 years ago in Earth
AI Facial Recognition - of Rats?
AI Facial Recognition - of Rats! It's an important step forward in the ongoing battle against this unpleasant pest. It's said that most people are never more than 6 feet away from a rat. No, I don't meant an errant spouse. I mean rattus norvegicus, the brown rat.
By James Marinero3 years ago in Futurism
Jump-Starting Your Heart
I live on a boat and the First Mate and I cross oceans. Should we carry an AED (automated external defibrillator) on our boat? We cannot cater for all emergencies, so how much medical kit should we carry? These are practical questions we have to deal with when planning an ocean voyage. Our medical kit is extensive and we even carry a neck brace.
By James Marinero3 years ago in Lifehack
The Battle of the River Plate
Why this story? I've had an interest in this battle for many years as I knew a man called Jack Lewis, who had served on HMS Exeter as a humble stoker during the battle. Jack was a larger-than-life character whose later careers included being a farmer, a milkman, a scrap merchant and pig-breeder. He always wore wellington boots when I knew him. I had hoped to visit the River Plate one day in my boat, but it looks like the Covid pandemic has now put paid to that plan.
By James Marinero3 years ago in FYI
A Night at the D-Day Beaches
Tours of the D-day beaches are popular, but ours was a bit different. It was the summer of 2011, 77 years after D-Day. We sailed across on our 27' boat from the Solent in England. We didn’t quite follow in the wakes of all those ships and brave soldiers, sailors and airmen. Our route was simpler.
By James Marinero3 years ago in Wander
The Importance of Spherical Trigonometry Today
A changing world, but some progress is not forward I live on a boat and cross oceans every now and then. I’ve crossed the Atlantic three times and the Pacific once and done many passages of 1,000 miles plus. GPS is very convenient for navigation but I always carry paper charts and a sextant on my boat. Some people have dispensed with paper charts altogether and the US and UK governments will no longer issue paper nautical charts after 2025.
By James Marinero3 years ago in Futurism
Missionary Sex has Moved On
I don’t usually write about sex because I think I need more practice at it. Yes I have written sexual explicit passages in the past, particularly in ‘Sicilian Channel’. My books have themes set around the sea, and in that particular story I wrote explicitly about a session in the cockpit of a yacht at anchor in Crete.
By James Marinero3 years ago in Filthy
How High is the Tide?
This story explores several interesting aspects of the tides and was prompted by something I learned during a recent voyage around the top of Australia. Despite having studied oceanography as a post-grad (which included the tides), I’d never known how long ago it was first believed that the tides were mainly influenced by the moon. Surprises abounded.
By James Marinero3 years ago in Earth
