Now, you may think that there's enough disk copying software out there that I don't need to ask (from *ix dd to Partition Magic and Parted). But they all have one big problem ( Read more... )

This video explains some of it, with some surprising (at least to many economists and managers) results about how financial rewards aren't always productive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc&feature=player_embedded

It seems there's been another Icelandic eruption, ash cloud may reach UK by Tuesday. No information about flights yet, of course, but there "may be disruption".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13498477

Via osewalrus hereSome of you may be familiar with Joe Bethancourt, also known in the SCA as Master Ioseph of Locksely. Unfortunately, Joe and his wife Cher have suffered a terrible tragedy. A fire has burned down their home. They saved their pets and Joe's musical instruments, but lost everything else ( Read more... )

So I downloaded a load of books and put them on the e-reader yesterday evening (Sony PRS-650 for those not keeping up with the game at home). First impressions ( Read more... )

NASA astronaut Cady Coleman plays flute in the ISS, with Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson playing on Earth, in a duet of the 'Bourée' (Bach arr. Jethro Tull) to honour Yuri Gagarin.

Link to YouTube video.

I'm sure Bach would approve...

(Thanks to redaxe for the pointer.)

We should stop running away from radiation
Professor (retired) Wade Allison, who is a nuclear and medical physicist at the University of Oxford, points out some more real figures about radiation and nuclear 'disasters'. For instance, the number of dead from Three Mile Island: none. Number of dead from Chernobyl: 28 among the emergency workers, 15 ( Read more... )

I can't do better than quote the title of the actual article from The Register. Oh, and its subtitle:
Hysteria rages unchecked as minor incident winds down

I see that the media are still pushing the "Oh, panic, there's radiation" scare stories. Yes, there is -- and if you eat a few bananas then you'll get about as much as you would get in a day ( Read more... )

Signal boost: for those who are fascinated by chicken behaviour.

A Chicken of Benghazi on Diane Duane's blog.

If there is one person or more on your friends list who makes your world a better place just because they exist and who you would not have met (in real life or not) without the internet, then post this same sentence in your journal ( Read more... )