I had this ultimate wave of envy wash over me yesterday. 50-75000 people lined the surf arena at Huntingdon Beach for the US Open of Surfing. I got to see them from my living room in a grey and cloudy and getting dark in Dublin.
In my whole life, I think the only time I got [...]
I now have so many websites it’s not funny any more.
As this is the one where I post stuff that doesn’t fit any more, I’m going to wax lyrical about a piece of software called SketchBook. I have two versions of it. 1) the version for the iPhone and 2) a trial version for the [...]
via mPORA, the most dangerous website on the planet.
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I’m with the last guy…it’s one of the best wipeouts I have ever seen.
Via Damien Mulley, I happened on this, a bunch of stats about new car sales in Ireland for 2009. It’s been a fascinating drive through data.
For example, 131 people found it within themselves to buy Jaguar X-Types. Wow. And Ford sold 53 more vehicles than Toyota this year which is what you call just about [...]
I need old climbing rope. 30 metres of it. Preferably in a girly kinda colour. If it’s used, all the better.
I want to make one of these for the bathroom.
Hint hint.
This turned up in my podcasts today. When I got bored of the BBC science ones, I started looking to see what I’d gotten from TED lately and skipped over the End of the World is Nigh climate change-decarbonification one and landed on this. I’m fascinated by the whole idea.
I picked this up via a useful twitter feed about lighthouses. I like lighthouses for some reason, possibly related to Five Go to Demon Rock when I was about 9 years old. Anyway.
I don’t like PETA. I think there are times when some of their policies appear to be completely detached from reality.
I do worry [...]
Crazy fads hit twitter on occasion. Tonight it is #cutpricefilms.
Words fail me.
From some called Karma Seeking we have this gem:
GalaBingo Royale; From Reigate with Love; The Guy in Accounts Who Loved Me; The Man with the Golden Water Pistol
Argghh