Is Covid over, & a book release

 Well it's been over a year since I lost used this blog, I could so easily blame Covid, but no, its little to do with Covid, that for me was a background story that caused so many changes.

First, I stopped live, or face to face teaching and went online, this to some was the end of the world, for me it was pure joy, I love the internet as a teaching median, it allowed me so much freedom in teaching methods, I used both Teams, and Zoom, and a variety of streaming methods to show my slides.

OBS or open Broadcasting System  was, and still is my favourite, the way is allows you to be a tv studio for free is amazing.

So for the bulk of the time or Covid, I stayed at home, no more commuting, and no late trips home because of missed trains, or over crowded trains.

I did miss though the office interaction and students, but Teams was so good, surprising really, I hate Microsoft, but Teams just worked o my Mac and Chromebook, 

At the end of 2021, I decided to retire, and left the university, to pursue, well retirement, with a little book writing and the publishing of Mitchells 1906 introduction and advanced books together with his 40 plates of construction drawings. 

These are now available online via the Routledge web site:

https://www.routledge.com/Mitchells-Building-Construction-and-Drawing-1906/Mitchell-Scaysbrook/p/book/9781032199047 (ISBN for both Volumes 1 & 2) 978-1-032-19904-7

 

https://www.routledge.com/Building-Construction-and-Drawing-1906-A-Textbook-on-the-Principles-and/Mitchell-Scaysbrook/p/book/9781032199061 Ebook isbn: 978-1-003-26147-6

 

 

https://www.routledge.com/Building-Construction-and-Drawing-1906-A-Textbook-on-the-Principles-and/Mitchell-Scaysbrook/p/book/9781032199641 Ebook isbn: 978-1-003-26167-4

Next I decided to rewrite the current edition of Mitchells, its sadly out of date and needs a lot to bring in into the modern age, looking forward to the IoT and what ever Climate change will bring.

So is covid over, I doubt it, I still wear a mask in most indoor public spaces, and use so much hand gel. I tend to think Covid will be as part of out lives as the common flue. As for retirement, well I might get round to it, but I am as busy as always with writing, and now as chairman of the Active House Association .  I love the concepts and plan to the on the challenge of getting the UK brach up and running and accepted at a real alternative to PassiveHaus. Our new web site is up and running and will soon be filled with new and articles on our aims and successes. www.activehouseuk.org