That would have been a truly shocking story to come across, wouldn’t it. Sadly, that isn’t the case; check here for details.
The Greek government had planned to give unmarried couples better rights, and whilst the Archbishop pictured above has publicly refused to comment on these plans, the synod has proclaimed in a sensationalist manner that [...]
Following on from the previous post, we have another article from the BBC on innovative ways to harvest power from activities people already carry out. This one is all about utilizing a potentially huge source of energy - children. As mothers everywhere will attest, kids can sometimes seem to run around all day, with no [...]
Check out this video from the BBC for a report on how Kazakhstan is aiming to revive its national identity. I have not heard any more news about the President’s aim to have the Kazakh language written with Latin style letters, rather than Cyrillic (???? ???? ??? ??????? :)), though other former Soviet-ruled territories have [...]
I’ve combined the following two news items into one post, as they are quite closely related. Firstly we have news of a dynamo that harvests the potential power we all generate, whenever we walk somewhere.
The principle involved with hybrid cars, where energy that would otherwise be wasted when you brake is recuperated, has been applied [...]
If you find people are using your WiFi signal to get onto the internet for free, then this be of interest to you. Admittedly, you’ll need to have a router that you can really get your hands dirty with (a nice configurable linux distro on it for example), or you use a PC as an [...]
As I previously mentioned, most of the blog posts from 19th April - 5th May have been pre-written (with the timestamp suitable altered), as I’ll not have as much time to write these out. We should hopefully be in Britain (having spent six days in Amsterdam) by the time this post appears, and we’ll have [...]
I love this idea. If you have problems getting up in the morning, this alarm clock may be just for you. The idea is that when the alarm goes off for the first time, the clock acts as normal ones do. However, if you miss the first alarm, it starts moving, making you get out [...]
You may have noticed when using Google Earth that you are able to zoom in to a higher level of detail than you can with the online Google Map system. If you are not on your own PC, or are unable to install applications due to work-based restrictions, then there is a trick you can [...]
Not much to add to this post. I think ‘Ow’ might just begin to cover it?
