Archive for July, 2006

Jul 28 2006

Published by tony under Environment

Article on buying funding a Global Warming sceptic.

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Jul 27 2006

Depriving the Deniers

Published by tony under Environment

For the last few years Climate Change deniers (when they are not suggesting that Carbon Dioxide is the stuff of life and we should all be chugging on exhaust pipes) have been misquoting science reports to try and make their case. One of the most common is that Antarctica is getting cooler not warmer, so [...]

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Jul 25 2006

Published by tony under Design

A very sexy concept for the iMac. (via).

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Jul 24 2006

To understand and protect our home planet

Published by tony under Environment, Science/Religion

Nasa has quietly changed its mission statement to eradicate any mention of its original responsibility to understand and protect our home planet.
Old Version
“To understand and protect our home planet; to explore the universe and search for life; to inspire the next generation of explorers … as only NASA can.”
New Version
“to pioneer the future in space [...]

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Jul 22 2006

Self Reliance and other Essays

Published by tony under Books

‘Every man is an impossibility, until he is born; everything impossible, until we see a success.’ Ralph Waldo Emerson rocks. I’d read about Emerson in Louis Menand’s The Metaphysical Club and made a note to find out more about this polymath of the 19th Century. Reading his essays on Self Reliance, History and his controversial [...]

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Jul 18 2006

Tony Haile, roadie.

Published by tony under London

Living with the bassist of London’s hottest new band, Mr Hudson & the Library, has its advantages. It means you get to hear when there will be an impromptu rooftop gig for the denizens of Kentish Town road. It means you get to stand with three hundred people completely disrupting the traffic for a few [...]

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Jul 18 2006

Happy Couple

Published by tony under Random

Two of my best friends got married a week and a bit ago. I am supposed to be a tough outdoors type and thus cannot admit to getting a bit teary during the wedding vows, that wouldn’t do at all. . . .

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Jul 10 2006

Published by tony under Random

Best Week Ever spoof the new Apple ads.

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Jul 07 2006

Published by tony under Polar

A handy list of polar resources for Google Earth.

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Jul 06 2006

Published by tony under Random

Interesting (but long) take on ‘Why Conservatives Can’t Govern’. (Via).

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Jul 03 2006

Published by tony under Random

A world away from Le Tour, fifty-year old Fred Markham has set a new world record for distance travelled by a human powered vehicle in one hour. He cranked out 53.4 miles. Maybe Jan Ullrich should put his unused tour legs to good use and give this a shot. (Via).

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Jul 03 2006

Religion round up

Published by tony under Science/Religion

Taking a leaf from the Daily Show I thought I would point you towards some interesting articles. Prospect magazine has a great article on the rise of Islamic rationalists who are seeking to pursue change from within Islam. Over at the unintentionally hilarious conservative voice, Rob Hood explains that you can only be a Christian [...]

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Jul 02 2006

Published by tony under Environment

Bjorn Lomborg is sometimes characterised as a climate change denier. He’s not, he just thinks battling it isn’t the most cost effective way to spend our money. See if you agree.

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Jul 01 2006

We are rubbish

Published by tony under Random

England are out of the World Cup, yet again on penalties. Apart from Owen Hargreaves, who played a blinder, we never really deserved to go through (mind you, neither did Portugal). Can’t really write more at the moment as I am thoroughly gutted, the only silver lining is that finally Sven will be out of [...]

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Jul 01 2006

Reindeer People of Mongolia

Published by tony under Random

Anthropologist Hamid Sardar has taken some glorious photographs of the Reindeer People of Mongolia during the three years he spent on their trails. (Via).

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