Flower in front of the house, originally uploaded by Mister Ian. I saw these flowers today, so time to take a photo. Note the sploches on the leaves. We’ve had literally a few drops of dusty rain in the last couple of days. So that’s what you get on the leaves.
Archive | April, 2008
The Olympic torch’s shadowy past
Those doubting the Olympics being such a great and honorable event. I had my thoughts recently about the torch relay’s nobility. And now this in the BBC on its origins. Sports is not fair anymore as you see here. Credit to mental floss for this.
Collection of posts
From boingboing: Flinstones car victory in court. True and hilarious. And on a less shallow note. The next world crisis will be water. Can aviation go green with algae-based biofuels? Also from boingboing. I’ve been thinking of this lately. It is the short term solution. Using arable land is stupid and is causing the ridiculous [...]
Talking Luggage Tags
We never seem to have enough luggage tags, though a few of these would cost quite a bit of money. Brookstone: Talking Luggage Tags
Greatest guitar riff of all time
This is a song from my youth. It is amazing how so few chords can be so engaging! The power of music. From: bookofjoe: ‘Greatest guitar riff of all time’
Underwater Photos like you’ve never seen
The Online Photographer: Random Excellence: Wayne Levin
Latest Kuwait Population Figures
Kuwait’s population gets boost from foreigners By Agence France Presse (AFP) Monday, March 31, 2008 KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait’s population rose by 6.8 percent to 3.4 million in 2007, with foreigners now making up 69 percent of the total, an economic report said on Sunday, quoting official figures. The expatriate population in the Gulf state rose [...]
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