Contact
Calendar
September 2010 M T W T F S S « Aug 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Tags
9/11 America Apple Austin bizarre Boston Bush business California Christmas cooking critters dream favorites Florida Google IBM Iraq Java linux Macintosh Massachusetts Microsoft Minnesota movie movies MP3 music New York Nintendo photography politics Prius programming RAM review science security Sony technology Texas travel TV UK video gamesConnections
- Cap fight! Stop the Time Warner bandwidth caps in Austin, TX!
- Capital Area Food Bank Nourishing hungry people in Central Texas
- Décor Jetté Green/eco-friendly event design in Austin, TX
- meta/LPAR My work-related web site.
- My Flickr photos My photos on Flickr (at least until Microsoft buys it)
- PSN My profile on PlayStation Network
- The Beer Bunker Ed drinks beer. Ed writes about beer.
- UK online dating tips Covering the online dating scene in the UK
- Vegan shoe addict Vegetarian and vegan shoes that don’t suck
Google reader
Meta
Tag Archives: BBC
BBC Wildlife Magazine
BBC Wildlife Magazine have posted an archive of their guides to animal photography. From the May issue: If you can do it from that distance, I think you deserve a prize. Plus, you’ll need a lot more than bamboo to … Continue reading
Well, you certainly showed him!
"We did it because of Barack Obama. He said all those people in the Midwest, you’ve got to have compassion for them because they’re clinging to their guns and their Bibles. I found that quite offensive. We all go to … Continue reading
Obesity and climate change
BBC news: Obesity needs to be tackled in the same way as climate change, a top nutritional scientist has said. In that case, let me get my soapbox… You know, there is absolutely no proof that people are getting fatter. … Continue reading
Posted in Everything
Tagged America, BBC, climate change, exercise equipment, food industry, obesity, sarcasm
2 Comments
Mast debate
A recent BBC Panorama documentary has suggested that wifi Internet might be a major health hazard. Scary quotes about chromosome damage and radiation exposure have appeared all over the Internet. Unfortunately, the documentary’s conclusions are junk science. Let’s start off … Continue reading
Tagged Australian Radiation Protection Agency, Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agen, BBC, cellular telephone, electrosensitivity, Federal Communications Commission, inverse square law, long distance telecommunications, microwave, mobile phones, panorama, quackery, scaremongering, science, The Times, UK Health Protection Agency, Wi-Fi, wi-fi equipment, wi-fi router, wi-fi system, WiFi, wifi Internet, wifi router, wireless Internet, wireless network, wireless video surveillance systems
7 Comments
WTC7
Someone has unearthed video footage from 9/11 of BBC news announcing the fall of the WTC7 building, in detail…half an hour before it happened. The reporter announces the fall of the building, adding details like exactly how many floors it … Continue reading
Tagged 9/11, BBC, politics, WTC7 building
1 Comment
The end of air travel?
As a result of the latest alleged foiling of a terrorist plot, new restrictions have been placed on airline travelers flying between the UK and US. Specifically: No laptops. No PDAs. No iPods or other electronic audio or video players. … Continue reading
Tagged air travel, airline, airline industry, airline travelers, BBC, terrorism, travel, UK
3 Comments
Life on Mars
I’ve been watching Life on Mars. The setup is: Manchester police inspector is in the middle of a very tense investigation and turbulent personal situation, when he’s hit by a car. He wakes up, apparently in the same spot, but … Continue reading
Tagged 1973, BBC, BBC America, Life On Mars, Manchester, Manchester police, police, TV
1 Comment
Compare and contrast
The original story in New Scientist: Goth subculture may protect vulnerable children About half of teenage goths have deliberately harmed themselves or attempted suicide, a new study suggests. But joining the modern subculture – which grew out of the 1980s … Continue reading
Squirrel news
From Russia via the BBC, news that a pack of squirrels joined forces and killed a dog that had been barking at them. Let’s just say I’m a bit skeptical. Meanwhile, not much sign of The Twins recently. I think … Continue reading
Tagged Austin, BBC, critters, Frida Kahlo, squirrel
Comments Off
Katrina and the waves
So it’s a total disaster in New Orleans. Three levees are breached, one of them has a hole over 150 meters across. 80% of the city is under water up to 6 meters deep. The entire city is without electrical … Continue reading
Tagged Alabama, army, BBC, Christmas, Cochrane Bridge, earthquake, electrical infrastructure, electricity, gas lines, insurance, insurance industry, John Kerry, Katrina, Kyoto, Kyoto protocol, Louisiana, Marcia Demma, Mississippi, Mobile, Mount Rainier, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Guard, New Orleans, New Orleans Corps, oil rig, politics, Red Cross, San Francisco, Seattle, Senate, Ted Kennedy, United States Army
Comments Off