New Zealand News - NZ - Major earthquake shakes South Island

I'm away on retreat from 22 Aug until 1 Sep. No posts until I get back.
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New Zealand News - NZ - Major earthquake shakes South Island

Big quake back home. NZ Herald

BBC NEWS | Health | Why we hiccup

Why we hiccup. BBC

naughtyfood

Naughty food items. Cockeyed

ScienceDaily News Release: Element 110 Is Named Darmstadtium

Element 110 Is Named Darmstadtium. ScienceDaily

BBC NEWS | Wales | Setting free the books

Setting free the books. BBC

NIH News--Creation of New Neurons Critical to Antidepressant Action in Mice--08/07/2003

NIH News--Creation of New Neurons Critical to Antidepressant Action in MiceNIH

New Zealand News - NZ - Spammer ducks for cover as details published on web

Spammer ducks for cover as details published on web Nyah ha ha! NZ Herald

Outsider Art - Wikipedia

My latest Wiki contribution. Outsider Art

Google Web Search Features

This is very cool. Type in a mathematical expression into google search and it gives you the answer, it also does unit conversions. Google Web Search Features

Home Page - The Tolkien Society

I'm writing about the Lord of the Rings at the moment. The Tolkien Society

TolkienWiki: FrontPage

I'm beginning to really like the Wiki concept - here's a Tolkien one. TolkienWiki

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And you thought you were having a bad day! File not found!

BBC NEWS | UK | Heatwave sizzles on after record high

It's very hot here. BBC

AlterNet: TECHSPLOITATION: Why I Infringe

TECHSPLOITATION: Why I Infringe. "I like to violate copyright everyday..." AlterNet

The Onion | Former President Carter To Be Tried For Peace Crimes

Former President Carter To Be Tried For Peace Crimes. The Onion

Composing with Rungius: the Art of Composition

Animated art principles and online composition workshop. Good stuff. Composing with Rungius

New Scientist

Email experiment confirms six degrees of separation. New Scientist

Primate Programming(tm) Inc

"Recent research in primate programming suggests computing
is a task that most higher primates can easily
perform." (thanks Ann) Primate Programming(tm) Inc

New Scientist

Musical roots may lie in the human voice. New Scientist

New Scientist

Piracy of fine art digital images a la Napster? Now that would be a good thing. New Scientist

onmodularloader

Techie. A bit difficult to understand. But utterly fascinating! onmodularloader

ON THIS DAY | 6 | 1995 Japan mourns Hiroshima anniversary

Happy Hiroshima Day! BBC

BBC NEWS | In Depth | Photo Gallery | In pictures: Harry Potter 3 film

Pics from new HarryP movie. BBC

Internet Archive

An archive of the whole internet - looking for pages which have disappeared? Try looking here. Internet Archive

BBC NEWS | In Depth | Photo Gallery | In pictures: Baking Britain

BBC thinks English beaches resemble Bondi (Sydney), NOT! But it is hot here this week. BBC

eBBC NEWS | Technology | Stopping the pop-swappers

Beat the record company rip offs - make your own music!

Walking man ascii animation

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Ozone benefits from treaty

Ozone benefits from treaty...and we benefit from ozone. BBC

This looks interesting. The Bard on the Brain: Understanding the Mind Through the Art of Shakespeare and the Science of Brain Imaging