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Google Earth threatens democracy – again
The Register, with a 4-page compendium of interesting places to look-at using satellite and aerial photo resources on the web: [www.theregister.co.uk]
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Amanda Congdon, mugged at gunpoint
Apparently she’s OK, though. Hope so. [www.rocketboom.com]
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Steam-Powered Motorcycle
I haven’t the time to find any more links about this at the moment, but it’s worth a quick look: [www.telegraph.co.uk] In February we reported on the challenge thrown down by the West of England Steam Engine Society to build a steam motorcycle capable of being ridden at up to 50mph around a “wall of
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Rein-in Your Wordy Weirdness, By [Deity]!
I try not to be much of a pedant regarding such matters, and I am far from perfect regarding proper spelling – especially when tired – however just to vent one teensy-weensy pet peeve: Hypothesis: The old adage of ‘i’ before ‘e’ except after ‘c’ is overused, misleading, and may in fact be practically useless.
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The Flying Mobulas of the Sea of Cortez
This just looks incredible: [www.malbertphoto.com]
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presidential speechalist
And while we’re on the subject of comedy, watch this: [gprime.net] – it answers a lot of questions about the President of the USA. (WMV alas, streaming)
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Stan Freberg at the Comedy Story, London
By miracle of the BBC, I received free tickets yesterday to go see Stan Freberg at The Comedy Store in London. I’ll be honest and say that I had no idea into what I was getting, because the tickets were a pseudorandom draw and my scant research had indicated that Freberg was (a) old and
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New Blogger
Big shout out to Simon Bullen recently arrived in the Blogosphere.
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DIY Speech Bubbles
Via Bart Blanquart: [www.pleaseenjoy.com] I printed 50,000 of these speech bubble stickers. I place them on top of movie posters, ads and signs all over New York City. Passers are invited to fill them in. I go back and photograph the results. …some interesting ones; I don’t like the context as much as I do
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Letter from Ancona
Bridget writes: I have just had a conversation with Maria and apparently you can buy Jedi light sabres in a supermarket in Castelfidardo. It is the only place in this locality with ‘the force’ but you are only allowed one if you buy three boxes of Coco Pops too – what would Darth Vader say?
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And the most popular article on my website is…
…this one: 5009 hits: banana anatomy Damn, the internet’s a weird place. Update: Link fixed to sort relative-URL problems
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Guinea Pig has a night to remember…
One for Nick & H, I think: [carcino.gen.nz]