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Mars photographs.

Bad Astronomy Blog » Best. Mars. Picture. EVAH!

This won an Ignobel Prize.
So the conclusion without much math is:

A rule of thumb for calculating the number of photos to take for groups of less than 20: divide the number of people by three if there’s good light and two if the light’s bad.

Velocity Web Site – Blink-free photos, guaranteed

John Nack on Adobe: Lightning photographer narrowly escapes crisping

Sahaja Yoga in Morocco: PROPHETS MOHAMMED`S MERAJ`OR ASCENT AS PER THE HADITH

Here’s an article.

Actually, Theodore Dalrymple is is pen name, his real name is Anthony (A.M.) Daniels.

This is a very interesting interview with him. A must listen. I get the Ideas podcast and listen to it on my iPod while driving to work.

This is such a real look at the problems in Western society.

Our Culture, What’s Left of It: The Mandarins and the Masses

Among other books …

There is Google Maps of course, which has very good resolution.

And there is also this link http://gis.baladia.gov.kw/

You may need to wrestle with it to get it to go into English not Arabic. If you click on the menu dropdown on the top of the map you can even get driving directions!

I’ll update this post later with specific links to places of interest in Kuwait.