by Tom | Jul 7, 2011 | Reading
Brilliant Onion. The headline does enough, but the article is also good. Unreleased Jimmy Page Guitar Riff To Be Retrieved From Secret Vault To Save Rock And Roll | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source. I also enjoyed Daily Mash’s Parents...
by Tom | Jul 7, 2011 | Tech
Some good stuff in the original post and the comments, but as usual, people should really read the post rather than jumping on their own personal bandwagons. But I guess that would be why Scott Adams blogs. Scott Adams Blog: Useful Business Web Sites...
by Tom | Jul 6, 2011 | Reading
I have changed my mind since first hearing about the Milly Dowler phone hacking. Initially, I was surprised that people were more horrified by it than they were about any of the other phone hacking revelations to date. If it is illegal, people should be prosecuted. I...
by Tom | Jul 6, 2011 | Science
Fabulous shot of a vast dust cloud – 400 times larger than the distance from the earth to the sun. If my memory serves me right, this means that a photon would take nearly an hour to cross it. APOD: 2011 June 28 – Stardust and Betelgeuse.
by Tom | Jul 5, 2011 | Hong Kong / China
30° and 70% humidity. As good as we’ve had here. View is from our front room.