Eyjafjallajökullcam

That pesky volcano on Iceland is still throwing up a plume of ash and now you can watch it via webcam. Click the images...


There's a thermal camera from the same viewpoint:


And a second camera:


Given that further disruptions are predicted I'll be keeping an eye on this one. Grow into these trousers... >>

This tickled me...

The word banana is so easy to forget isn't it? Oh, and I'll have six of the round, orange coloured fruits too. What are they called?
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Via Failblog.
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James Randi at TED

This was recorded in 2007 but not released by TED 'till last month (why?). Anyway, it's a great takedown of psychics and homeopaths. Enjoy:

James Randi's fiery takedown of psychic fraud [17:50]

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via Unreasonable Faith. Grow into these trousers... >>

Pagan Police get holiday time

"Police officers have been given the right to take days off to dance naked on the solstices, celebrate fertility rituals and burn Yule logs if they profess pagan beliefs".

Reports the Times.

This is a good thing and I heartily approve. The old festivals need to remembered and celebrated. Helpfully, The Freethinker has a list of the main Pagan festivals which include:

• Beltane — on April 30/May 1, pagan and Wicca worshippers celebrate the Sun god. In Celtic times it was an opportunity for unabashed sexuality and promiscuity

and also

• Litha — or summer solstice. Members drink mead and dance naked to celebrate the harvest

It's good to know what our Police officers do on their days off! Grow into these trousers... >>

Before the Internet !?!

Fresh back from holiday, Dave HAMBO Hambidge asked “What did we do before the internet explosion?”


Well Dave, I played ‘Space Invaders’. Click the image if you really want a game now.






Then, a few years later, there was Elite which had groundbreaking 3D graphics. We found 3 people were optimal to play Elite. One pilot, one gunner and the other taking a break before the next shift rotation. And so we would play for 12 or 18 hours (or more sometimes) all one game. Click the image for a download (crappy colour version though).

And there were these things called books which I understand are still popular.

Medieval helpdesk with English subtitles
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A thought for a Sunday

"Life is a series of collisions with the future; it is not the sum of what we have been, but what we yearn to be".


Jose Ortega y Gasset (1883 – 1955) Grow into these trousers... >>

See this post? Live in the UK?

So fuck off up/down/across the road and vote. I'm putting my coat on and going now (well actually I fancy a bacon sandwich from the cafe on the way back).

It's 8 o-clock in the morning... Arghhh! Since I retired I usually sleep till 10, or 9 at least, but now I'm on my second coffee already. I must get moving --- I'm in gardening frenzy! I was potting up some tomatoes t'other day and 3 of them had flower buds already. My (tiny) greenhouse is nowhere near ready, I've a sack of horse manure to dig in yet. And the bathroom overflow is dripping. And I still have to weed-kill the drive...

I've got it sorted now:
Vote bacon, manure bathroom, kill greenhouse. Grow into these trousers... >>

I want one of these...

This has got to be the best T-shirt ever!


From Poorly Dressed. Grow into these trousers... >>

How many times have YOU done this?

From Comixed. Grow into these trousers... >>

A thought for a Sunday

"You never need an argument against the use of violence, you need an argument for it".


Noam Chomsky (b. 1928) Grow into these trousers... >>