The weather remains unsettled and nicely not too hot. Here is some of the rain that we had on the weekend. And quite the lightning also in the sky and saw some incredible bolts. Click here to see a Quicktime movie of the rain pouring down in front of our place. And how do you [...]
Archive | April, 2007
Man races world’s fastest cat
Man races world’s fastest cat – CNN.com On a South African track, a rugby star takes on the world’s fastest land mammal The cheetah can reach a top speed of 70 mph Event was to raise awareness for the cheetah as a threatened species Cheetah numbers in wild have been in sharp decline for 100 [...]
Healthful Chocolate
Healthful Chocolate – washingtonpost.com German scientists reviewed a number of studies on different substances containing polyphenols, compounds that seem to have salubrious effects on the human cardiovascular system. They found that, contrary to some assertions, black and green tea appear to have no marked effect on blood pressure. Cocoa-rich diets, on the other hand, had [...]
Is anyone listening?
Pearls Before Breakfast Can one of the nation’s great musicians, Joshua Bell, cut through the fog of a D.C. rush hour? It was captured by hidden cameras and microphones. You can see it and hear it on the Washington Post site. No one knew it, but the fiddler standing against a bare wall outside the [...]
The Dan Brown code – very poorly written prose
Language Log: The Dan Brown code I don’t think I’d want to say these things about a first-time novelist, it would seem a cruel blow to a budding career. But Dan Brown is all over the best-seller lists now. In paperback and hardback, and in many languages, he is a phenomenon. He is up there [...]
Indialucia a fusion of Indian and Flamenco music
Indialucia is a musical project, which fuses two fascinating styles of music: Indian and Flamenco music. The album expresses both the human and musical fusion of these cultures, which could have had a common ancestor. Improvisation and rhythm are the common elements in both styles and are essential to the continued existence of this music. [...]
ISPS Detailed Panorama
This is a panoramic photograph of three images stitched together taken from across the valley of the school. Click on the image above (or here) to go to a page which uses Zoomify to allow you to pan and zoom in to the image. It will work best with a decently fast Internet connection. You’ll [...]
Rogers: the worst Canadian ISP
This is interesting. And Telus isn’t great also. They don’t have open connections, you need to specially configure your PC and only allow two PCs from what I’ve seen. Rogers: the worst Canadian ISP – scruffydan.com/blog -not associated with reality
Shivaratri and Birthday Pujas, March 2007, Pune, India
Here is a slideshow with audio. It is about 12 minutes long. It will take a minute or two to load and you may have to click in your browser to allow it to load the Java Script. If you have a slow Internet connection or just want to see the photos click here for [...]
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