Random posts, links, and general musings
Simon has just posted an interesting rantpost on why he is not on Facebook, or indeed on any of the multitude of social networking sites that seem to be springing up at the rate of one a week. He cites that fact that networking for the sake of it seems inherently wrong. Why not actually [...]
Posted on Sunday 23rd September 2007 in Blog, Computers tagged Computers, facebook, internet, networking, pointless, rant, technology, with no comments.
It was my bag!
I had to use the silly bleepy so called self service checkout at the big blue and red supermarket tonight, as they had only one real checkout open, and it had a huge queue. First of all, it complained at me for putting my rucksack in the bagging area. So the operator [...]
Posted on Friday 14th September 2007 in Blog tagged pointless, rant, shopping, technology, with no comments.
Another fantastic piece of satire from Deadbrain: Government in tough crackdown on binge-raining.
Posted on Thursday 23rd August 2007 in Blog tagged climate change, flooding, humour, phobia, Politics, with no comments.
Posted on Thursday 16th August 2007 in Blog, Photos tagged Photos, rally, video, with no comments.
NASA have now made their amazing montage of city lights across the Earth at night available as a layer on Google Earth.
To switch it on, go to Layers > Featured Content > NASA > Earth City Lights, but before you do that, for maximum impact, navigate to an area you know well, like Scotland, and [...]
Posted on Sunday 22nd July 2007 in Blog, Science tagged Computers, energy, environmental, landscapes, mapping, Photos, Science, space, technology, with no comments.
