A while ago I posted about my visit to Dubai. Here's a couple of nice pictures showing what the economic explosion there looks like. Firstly, this is the new part of Dubai in 1991:


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This is a great talk by Douglas Adams. Below is one part of the talk that's about God ( Read more... )

 
By Shane Legg at about 11 years of age ( Read more... )

A story I wrote in about 1982. I was a bit scientifically confused, but hey, I was 9...

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Ever wanted a talking mirror... just like the evil Queen in Snow White?

Now's your chance!

One minute it's a normal looking mirror...


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The forecast for tomorrow is 36C (97F), about the same as today ( Read more... )

I'm having "Ubuntu Shock ( Read more... )

... but there is experimental evidence suggesting that the earth really could be at the centre of the universe.

From this article:
...when you look at CMB map, you also see that the structure that is observed, is in fact, in a weird way, correlated with the plane of the earth around the sun. Is this Copernicus coming back to haunt us? That's crazy ( Read more... )

 
Remember my recent post about The Piano Society where you can legally get free mp3's of classical music? The idea is that pianists want to advertise themselves and so they put some of their performances online for free download ( Read more... )

If we think of the political system in the US, images of the White House and the Capital Building come to mind. If we think of the political system in the UK, we can imagine 10 Downing Street or the Houses of Parliament at Westminster. But what about the EU Parliament? This is a building at the heart of a 25 nation union of some of the most ( Read more... )