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From the monthly archives: March 2006
Science writer Carl Zimmer explains how a sixty-million year old virus might hold the key to understanding our evolutionary history.(Via).
Last night I was lucky enough to get on the guestlist for the awesome Mr Hudson and the Library at the Water Rats in Kings Cross (it helps when you live with the bassist). A recent Observer review said that they stood out like tropical birds in a sea of grey indie clones, and [...]
This is possibly the most heartwarming story of the year so far. An autistic kid from Rochester, NY who managed the school basketball team is allowed to go on the court for the last four minutes of the last game of the season. He promptly scores six three-point baskets, breaking the school record.
A recording of Robert McCrum interviewing the fantastic Malcolm Gladwell. The man speaks as fluently as he writes.
The Calvin and Hobbes Searchable database will be a great resource as soon as the toilet with built-in laptop I’ve ordered for our bathroom arrives.
Escapa is a nicely diverting test of spatial awareness and reaction time. Apparently fighterpilots can keep it going for two minutes. I am currently having trouble breaking 19 seconds, so my Top Gun career might have to be postponed while I practice.
Cameron Sinclair, co-founder of Architecture for Humanity and all-round nice guy is up for the Designer of the Year award. If he wins, he is going to donate the $25,000 to the survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Go
Imagine a textile factory where the water comes out purer than when it went in, imagine an auto plant roofed with meadow grasses that is the home of nesting wild birds, imagine a home that produces more energy than it uses where the very concept of waste is unknown.
and not one of those miles passed through anywhere one could class as an area of outstanding natural beauty. Lots of underpasses though, those were nice. The way they prominently named each one of these identical concrete monuments to Le Corbusier (who has a lot to answer for) so that [...]
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