Drinking beer could help prevent weak bones ∞
This week’s superfood is—in a Homer Simpson style— mmm beer
But hurry, there will be another study condeming drinking beer next week!
Dr Claire Bowring, from the National Osteoporosis Society, said:...
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Unlimited (or not) ∞
I received an email from O2 the other day proclaiming the following “Unlimited Data means no limits“ and then in small print at the bottom, noting that an “Excessive use...
Old Predictions Come True ∞
As I was updating my blog recently, I went through the old content, deciding what to migrate and what to let fade into internet electron obscurity, read once1...
BBC stock photography ∞
Another amusingly poorly illustrated article on the BBC News website, about torrential rain and flooding in Fife, with roads becoming “impassible”. Problem is, the stock photo shows a sunny...
Losing my momentum ∞
While out cycling today, as I went up yet another hill, I started humming “losing my momentum” to the tune of R.E.M.‘s ‘Losing my Religion’. Here’s the full set of...
The mystery of the resurrection explained (scientifically) ∞
Only a day or so late, but pop over to seemikedraw.com to see the mystery of the resurrection explained (scientifically)
Kilobytes and Kilobits ∞
Courtesy of xkcd.com the definitive guide to kilobytes and kilobits…
There’s been a lot of confusion over 1024 vs 1000, kbyte vs kbit, and the capitalisation of each.Here, at last, is...
BBC News - Travel Chaos! ∞
Such chaos! The poor Mercedes driver cannot move his car. How will...
It's official: everything is bad for you! ∞
A recent story article on the BBC News confirms the long standing belief that everything is bad for you. The latest ‘finding’ is that… Vitamins ‘increase cholesterol’.
So we...
Anti-Creationism ∞
A couple of quite amusing anti-creationism posts seen elsewhere…
The “Creationist Periodic Table of the Elements“ made just for schools in Kansas, on the Official Richard Dawkins Website, via
Power Generating Ramp ∞
According to the BBC, a ramp has been designed that “creates“ power as cars drive over it. BBC News story
On first reading it seems that the inventor...