My take on this has always been that we pollute far too much currently and although the science seems overwhelmingly in favour of man made global warming: does it really matter?
15 TED Talks to help with disasters like Haiti
Jan 17th, 2010
The vision of TED is “Ideas worth spreading”, so with disasters similar to the recent Haitian Earthquakes I thought I’d highlight and spread 15 talks presented at TED over the years that are of interest in disaster situations and useful in (somewhat) “disaster proofing” the developing world.
Banishing “»” from wordpress titles
Jan 4th, 2010
Just one of those niggly little annoying things that I did a quick look through the wordpress templates and couldn’t figure out where it was coming from, but I’m not a fan of the “ยป” (») character stuffed in between the blog name and the blog title.
Cockroaches are not of this world
Nov 26th, 2009
As much as I like the idea of recycling and appreciate the complexity of natural biological systems the notion of cockroach urine recycling just makes them even creepier.
Clean coal a costly snake oil solution
Nov 11th, 2009
Some estimates for the theoretical cost of the theoretical technology of capturing carbon dioxide from coal burning. Unsurprisingly the costs are high.
Zoom in! Enhance.. Enhance! Oh, look! There’s a carbon atom.
Oct 30th, 2009
Ever wondered just how small atoms are? Wonder no more with this little web creation!
Start with coffee bean size and head on down.
Younger generation ditch fixed lines for mobiles
Sep 11th, 2009
I can say that I either haven’t had a fixed line or known the number since about half way through uni. It seems I’m not alone according to this article: “Millions set to disconnect their fixed-line phones”.
