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One for Geoff
First watch this. Then play this, then this. then this, making sure to experiment with the Q, A, and Z keys, amongst others.
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pray for the lowering of gas prices
[praylive.com] Latest News – Join the Pray Live network to get up-to-date breaking information and news. Get sermon topics and bible study lessons for the current week and the newsletter. Thursday, April 27, 2006, clergy from around the Washington, DC and MD area will gather in downtown DC to pray for the lowering of gas
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Atheists and Other Non-theists in Scouting
Did you know that in America you can be kicked out of the Scouts for not having the right faith? I don’t remember it being an issue when I was a Scout in the UK, but then here we have a Queen to fill the you have to profess loyalty to someone gap without being
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Count to ten in Mushroomese!
Nang, Nee, Sham, Shee, Ha, Laek, Jaeth, Booth, Kyo, Jep …from Numbers In Over 5000 Languages. Includes Welsh.
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Joseph Holmes: Natural Light Photography
pretty. [www.josephholmes.com] – trees, landscapes, colour, water.
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Under-fire ministers face Cabinet
[news.bbc.co.uk] Home Secretary Charles Clarke is resisting calls to quit over the release of 1,023 foreign prisoners. 1023 people? I’ll bet I’m not the only one who first thought “They must have just lost a page, somewhere. Fencepost error or something.”.
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Fastest JCB on earth
[motoring.independent.co.uk] The earth-mover marque is attempting to break the diesel land speed record. John Simister reports on a very British project The land speed record. Fastest human on earth. Glory and pride and a lot of danger. Currently it stands at a supersonic 763mph, set in 1997 by a virtual jet aeroplane with no wings
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Jonathan Schwartz Named CEO of Sun Microsystems
[biz.yahoo.com] SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW – News) announced today that its board of directors has appointed Jonathan Schwartz as the Company’s chief executive officer. The appointment is the result of Sun’s on-going succession planning process and is effective immediately. Schwartz, 40, succeeds Scott McNealy, 51, who will continue
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You would think my employer could get my name right.
From www.sun.com/software/solaris/howtoguides/s10securityhowto.jsp :- Sun Employee Blogs: Alec Muffat – www.crypticide.com/dropsafe It’s a nice resource, though. 😎
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22 April 1968
Today has been my 38th birthday. I bought a circular saw from B&Q. I will use it to help make a 100 megapixel digital camera. I also bought some solar-powered lamps. Apparently they will work in the dark.
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The Divine Comedy on MySpace
Neil, Neil, what are you doing? [www.myspace.com] 🙂
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MP3 facts I didn’t know.
[en.wikipedia.org] An article in Business 2.0 magazine revealed that “Tom’s Diner” was also used by Karlheinz Brandenburg to develop the audio compression scheme known as MP3 at what is now the Fraunhofer Society. He recalled: I was ready to fine-tune my compression algorithm…somewhere down the corridor, a radio was playing “Tom’s Diner”. I was electrified.