Escaping star

Escaping star

Astonishing photo of a star breaking out of its umbilical cord of dust and gas. APOD: 2013 March 24 – Dust Pillar of the Carina Nebula.
People in the news

People in the news

My mum alerted that some relatives were featured in Time Team recently. Upton Castle is a fabulous building, which I was lucky enough to spend a day at a few years ago, and I’m chuffed for Pru and Steve that the castle and chapel are properly medieval. Splendid...

Insane office escape 2

If you are a fan of Doom, Max Payne or games like them, this crazy Russian (?) video is gobsmacking. It is much more SFW than the highlight image suggests: it’s the guy in the background you should really be watching. via Biting Elbows – ‘Bad...
Hong Kong reading and viewing

Hong Kong reading and viewing

Lots of great Hong Kong things recently which I haven’t had a chance to post about. Here are some of them including villain hitters, rain, an empty Peak, old Central stores and the problems for Dutch mothers. Villain hitters: what are those ladies under Canal...
Local news captions

Local news captions

There are some brilliant things here. http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/the-best-things-that-have-ever-happened-on-the-local-news