Say goodbye to the world you thought you lived in
It’s all in the hands of a bitter, bitter man. —Mika, Life in Cartoon Pretty much sums up the state of affairs.
Monthly Archives: May 2007
Salmond Victorious
Nationalists triumph in the first of many contests for the current sitting at Holyrood. More later when I’ve thought things through.
Alex Ferguson2 leaves Man Utd
And beats Margo Macdonald by a landslide to secure the job of Presiding Officer.1 1 I know. I’m two days too late. My mind is temporally disengaged anyway. When are those Scottish elections starting? 2 And the names are not even spelled the same. Sorry. Barrel bottom scraped, scoured, scrubbed and white-washed.
I didn’t know squirrels could drive cars
Contrary to popular belief, the electric car is not dead. And “tree-huggers” are the new target market for a 40 km/h battery-powered vehicle. According to the makers of Zenn: “The existing market in the states is predominantly gated communities or master-plan communities in the southern states. So that’s typically a 65-year-old plus person who uses […]
No enzymes here unless you want enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays
Can anyone tell me what the hell an akatsuki enzyme is and why it keeps popping up in my keyword search1? Is this predicting the day that I discover a new enzyme and egotistically name it after myself? Or is it some crappy New Age bullshit treatment2? You will be sorely disappointed if you’re here […]
Squint to see Johnny Marr’s scowl
The illicit photo is worse than usual, but at least I can hear after this weekend’s busy schedule.
Fuel for thought
Two recent reports pour a fair amount of cold water on the biofuels issue. If you recall, I’m not convinced they are the answer to long-term sustainability, but can have some temporary benefits while the search for a solution to the two-fold problem of oil shortage and global warming continues. The first, published by the […]
Coconut Cars
The story on cars fueld by coconut oil on an island in Papua New Guinea sparked a lively conversation in our household about the various alternative fuels on trial all over the world. Coconut oil sounds like the perfect sort of island-based fuel that seems to make environmental sense. Apart from the lower concentration of […]
Apple is not exactly a Granny Smith
How is Apple so low on the Greenometer with all those hazardous chemicals that Steve Jobs claims they’ve eliminated or are in the process of phasing out? Based on no research whatsoever on my part, it sounds like Dell is planning to, but has not actually achieved the elimination of PVC and BRF: Nokia and […]
Protracted proclamation
New (b)leader, new (b)liar?1 And to christen the beginning of the end, has Guardian Unlimited hired the same website designer as Times Online?2 And does this hint at some editorial change I’ve missed out on? 1 Contrived, I know. It’s been a long day. 2Update: All these fancy pictures on the new website meant I […]
akatsuki ra-ra-ra 