Archive for June, 2008

Download Day is coming soon!

Monday, June 16th, 2008

Download Day 2008

Why CEO’s suck

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

Today’s CEOs make the early 20th Century Robber Barons like Carneige look like great guys by comparison.

Food around the world

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

A week’s worth of food, from around the world.

OK, this is just creepy…

Friday, June 13th, 2008

Due to a series of complex circumstances, revival efforts continued for longer than usual for a patient whose heart was not responding to treatment, until doctors started preparations to remove organs.

It was at that point that the astonished surgeons noticed the man was beginning to breathe unaided again, his pupils were active, he was giving signs that he could feel pain - and finally, his heart started beating again.

Let me get this right.  He was breathing.  His pupils where active, and then his heart started beating?

Maybe I’ve seen too many movies, but I think I would have been quite tempted to reach for the nearest Mr Pointy.

Read about it yourself.

Global Warming

Friday, June 13th, 2008

A fascinating movie showing global temperature averages over the last 130 years or so.

Munchy Box

Friday, June 13th, 2008

Jared posted about this “Scottish Delicacy“.  Ah yes, Glascow salad!  Near enough a reason all on its own to visit Scotland.