This'll send a shiver down your spine...

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Anyone who read a lot of British paperback SF in the 1970s, or who remembers the Terran Trade Authority Handbooks, will surely enjoy this. I seem to remember most of these as being Pan SF covers. I love the way the animations all reach that point where they become the original painting, and then move on...

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I decided to investigate how the insulin I'm injecting 4 times a day is made. Turns out its all done with recombinant-DNA technology. How cool is that ( Read more... )

I see Games Workshop are up to their tricks again, claiming they own the trademark on the term "space marine" and that no-one else can use it...

http://haikujaguar.livejournal.com/1208235.html

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Hee! I've had email from the landlady who owns the lovely flat in Kinghorn, to say she's got two other similar properties, and if any of them ever come up for rent, she'll let me know...

I *almost* decided to move to Scotland this week. I spotted a one bedroom furnished flat to rent, on the other side of the road from the holiday cottage I stayed in last autumn, in the little seaside village of Kinghorn. It's in a lovely old 17th century terrace, with a massive waterfall in the back garden and epic views across the Firth of Forth. ( Read more... )

On the basis that a creative post on LJ is supposed to be followed up with a health report, it occurred to me that I forgot to mention that I cracked a rib on new year's day. Fell down some stairs, was in A&E until 2.30am, and ended up spending 10 days at a friend's house instead of 4 as I wasn't well enough to get home on the train ( Read more... )

As Lancaster's snowless crisis entered its fourth day, the council finally bowed to public pressure and provided some snow. But locals have complained of the "shoddy" nature of the frozen precipitation. "The rest of the country have been getting big, fat flakes. These are just rubbish. They're not even settling properly."

A council spokesman said ( Read more... )