tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66223152012-05-27T16:45:26.352ZWhatever I might care to share...... General rabble-rousing, raising awareness, news, blather, opinionated editorial, editorialised opinion, humour, lack of humour. Things that interest, concern, worry, tickle or bother ME.Nicknoreply@blogger.comBlogger547125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622315.post-30916524484126972612012-04-08T04:36:00.000Z2012-04-08T04:36:41.117Z

Christians might know it as "Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you," or perhaps "God takes care of those who take care of themselves." Buddhists hear the refrain, "When the student is ready, the teacher will appear." Followers of mystical tradition may have learned that, "The lips of the teacher are sealed except to the lips of

Nicknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622315.post-3051148059410833392012-04-07T15:53:00.000Z2012-04-07T15:54:14.700Z

A highly-entertaining compilation of classic Rita Hayworth dance clips set to the 1977 disco/movie hit Stayin' Alive by the Bee Gees.

Nicknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622315.post-42068118197574133892012-04-07T11:23:00.000Z2012-04-07T11:23:42.583Z

Not a crash but darned close. Motorcyclists in Thailand ride as if they studied some pirated copy of a defensive driving course that accidentally inverted everything. It's as if Thais took a canonical list of no-nos motorcyclists learn in the West so they can 'Ride to Survive' and then did the opposite. Virtually everybody you'll see on two wheels in Thailand, including traffic cops, seems to

Nicknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622315.post-82486751807221518452012-04-02T17:18:00.000Z2012-04-02T17:18:28.287Z

You definitely want to see this. Full-screen. In full HD, if you can. It really is breath-takingly beautiful. And remember to breathe.  

Nicknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622315.post-65775777873412459872012-04-01T15:57:00.003Z2012-04-01T15:57:39.257Z

Nicknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622315.post-8309667114524151692012-03-29T14:04:00.001Z2012-03-29T14:09:19.984Z

Hungarian photographer Gyuri Szabo has been shortlisted for the final round of the PDN Photo Annual 2012 awards. Gyuri gained access to an aerospace clean room before the machinery was installed. This series also includes photographs of other parts of the facility, such as walkways and cubicles. Thanks to his excellent lensmanship, we get to enjoy the awesome results. Our small images here

Nicknoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622315.post-72713037766051771162012-03-28T15:21:00.001Z2012-03-28T15:21:44.003Z

Here's a cat who's right up there with Bernard "Pretty" Purdie.  

Nicknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622315.post-10263398463447007632012-03-27T16:19:00.002Z2012-03-27T16:19:44.227Z

Nicknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622315.post-27129621757657453462012-03-26T13:39:00.001Z2012-03-26T13:39:33.014Z

It's one of my favorite recipes for sweet, swinging success. Take one heaping of Django Reinhardt, mix in a good amount of Stéphane Grappelli, sauté over a low but steady Parisian heat et voila, you have a nicely baked Quintette du Hot Club de France!

Nicknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622315.post-1599777065770846302012-03-25T11:08:00.000Z2012-03-25T11:34:52.435Z

Neil deGrasse Tyson argues passionately for the pittance it would take to revive the agency that inspires the dreams, hopes and economy of tomorrow.  

Nicknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622315.post-39288950697229426122012-03-25T09:16:00.001Z2012-03-25T09:16:30.727Z

There has been a raft of reports about 400oz gold bars in Hong Kong discovered to have been tainted with tungsten. Now, however, the scam seems to have migrated to the bigger 1kg gold bars. Not only is tungsten extremely dense it is also not ferro-magnetic, making it an ideal ingredient for fraudsters looking to cook up a batch of modern fool's gold, as it won't be discovered with a simple

Nicknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622315.post-36464953544210161952012-03-25T08:30:00.000Z2012-03-25T08:30:48.520Z

A fine talk by thinker Terrance McKenna is now available on YouTube. 'Kemp' discusses reality, what it might mean to be 'awake', and other aspects of the human voyage. The talk includes a Jungian take on history as "the collective dream of humanity".

Nicknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622315.post-56130173165592104942012-03-22T09:43:00.001Z2012-03-22T09:43:28.034Z

Nicknoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622315.post-72443010571483314072012-03-20T13:44:00.001Z2012-03-20T13:44:15.487Z

Okay, so it's likely to take millions of years for your Morse code to reach the gang at Alpha Centauri but if there's an alien mothership lurking behind its invisibility shields, visitors from another planet/galaxy/plane/time should be able to read you loud and clear, as long as you're deploying the 1100 lumens of LED candlepower in your fist. Produced by LED Lenser, this bad-boy isn't cheap but

Nicknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622315.post-13636612647769010302012-03-18T13:40:00.000Z2012-03-18T13:53:37.383Z

It's been awhile in the making but Ridley Scott has just let loose the HD trailer for his latest sci-fi epic and it looks like a real whopper. Not only that but it sounds like Prometheus is likely to have at least one follow-up release. The film, which should be awesome in 3D, brings some well-known stars, including Charlize Theron and Guy Pearce, plus the rapidly-rising Michael Fassbender

Nicknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622315.post-41427517652872299642012-03-18T05:34:00.000Z2012-03-18T05:34:12.686Z

TED offers an excellent and entertaining talk about the numbers spewed by the entertainment industry that appears highly-relevant in this era of SOPA, ACTA and the TPP. In keeping with the theme of this excellent TED Talk, I'm simply going to copy and paste the relevant information in here: Comic author Rob Reid unveils Copyright Math (TM), a remarkable new field of study based on actual numbers

Nicknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622315.post-91581313030189079262012-03-17T10:38:00.000Z2012-03-17T10:38:17.850Z

  Luckily for all other Americans, this extremely dangerous criminal has been taken off the street by a hard-working member of the law-enforcement community.

Nicknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622315.post-67020392305542566352012-03-13T15:37:00.000Z2012-03-13T15:37:00.139Z

A new study shows that the problem of nitrate contamination of California's groundwater is expanded and set to continue doing so for many years. The problem is most concentrated, apparently, in the Salinas Valley and Central Valley, which sit at the center of the state's farming industry. According to Thomas Harter, of UC Davis, "Even if we were to eliminate all the sources of nitrate that we

Nicknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622315.post-53608142653790826722012-03-13T14:44:00.000Z2012-03-13T14:46:36.029Z

Aw yeah, baby! Just look at this hot little number, the 'Little singer' Hybrid Integrated/Headphone Amplifier from China's Hefei XiangSheng Electronic Co. Ltd, looks like plenty of fun and your friends will drool over that vacuum tube goodness. No friends old enough to appreciate the warm audio finesse and dusty odor that mark true hi-fidelity, grand-dad? No call for a Dolby? Fear not! The H

Nicknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622315.post-20704474954888288922012-03-11T13:26:00.000Z2012-03-11T13:26:54.423Z

Whether you like to live life to the fullest or, like the n-sphere crew, you simply appreciate others living their lives to the fullest, you will probably want to see this incredible documentary ASAP. If a title sequence so lush and creative it verges on arrogant and some of the most intense snowboarding humanly possible, all captured with mind-blowing cinematography, are the kinds of things that

Nicknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622315.post-48661491035861881632012-03-11T13:02:00.002Z2012-03-11T13:02:58.623Z

Stay tuned for the imminent reawakening of n-sphere...

Nicknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622315.post-84065884014475412022007-09-16T10:57:00.000Z2007-09-16T14:17:33.399Z

Well.... things sure are gettin' innerestin!We're still on that (runaway) train of thought about the nuclear "accident" involving one B-52 bomber, two USAF bases and six armed cruise missiles. You must remember the one (scroll down, if you don't). A B-52 bomber carrying six cruise missiles took a rather uneventful flight from Minot AFB in North Dakota to Barksdale AFB in Louisiana.Apparently,

Nicknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622315.post-17097706257421320412007-09-16T08:58:00.000Z2007-09-16T09:10:27.032Z

No shilshl, Shylock.....Do you think anybody noticed?Talk about selling your soul to the devil.

Nicknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622315.post-13389962390707663472007-09-15T17:24:00.001Z2007-09-15T17:37:42.968Z

Sticking with our recent theme of nuclear bombs, Slate is running an outstanding (and chilling) article by Ron Rosenbaum about semi-automated nuclear weapon fail-deadly launch systems, including the Soviet-era "Doomsday Machine", Peremitr AKA Dead Hand.The article results from the publication of the book Doomsday Men, which has spawned a worthwhile reading in Wired Blogs and the Times Online.

Nicknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622315.post-92222993534694881152007-09-12T17:49:00.000Z2007-09-12T18:05:13.973Z

Decide for yourself. Remember news reports of a terrible "blunder" in which nuclear-armed cruise missiles were mistakenly loaded on a B-52 bomber and flown across the continental United States of America? Did you think it was just another example of the ineptitude that plagues the world today? Or did it sound a bit far-fetched?Well Chuck Simpson over at the Geronimo Manifesto might be able to

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