I eventually re-launched the Alacor Systems web site. This is where you should go if you'd like me to do some web design, software, or embedded systems development for you!

In the main square in Krakow, Poland is the basilica of St Mary. From it's tower, sounds, every hour on the hour, a trumpet tune. If you've ever been to Krakow, this sound will be stuck in your mind...

I've prepared a ring tone (MP3, 24kbits/sec 16kHz 156kbytes) which you can download from the link below. Right click on it, and select 'Save Target As'. You can then Bluetooth it to your phone...

Krakow Hejnal Trumpet Tune

Hester Attwood is a UK based illustrator and artist specialising in the illustration of children's books. Alacor Systems is proud to announce the launch of Hester's web site, which took place officially on New Year's Day 2010. The site contains images of some of Hester's work- you can visit her web site by clicking the link below.

This article, with 15 photos to date, describes how I built a simple but very playable lute in a few weeks. Follow the 'music' links to get there...

This article is about the surviving examples of 84 Webb Patent Sewer Gas Destructor lamps that were installed in Sheffield between 1915 and 1935; and are now classed as 'listed buildings'. Thanks to the efforts of local residents, three of them still work. Click here to go straight to this article.

The ever popular feature on the Decca HiFix and Racal HyperFix positioning systems are here. The current Fugro DeltaFix system is also covered. There are 35 pages with a wealth of illustrated technical detail, and lots of photographs taken by engineers from the 1960's through to the 90's. Also, there is a list of all known positioning systems, and pages about Argo and the Russian Bras, RS10, Chayka and Mars-75 systems.