By: admin|14 May, 2012|Categories: geeky stuff . stupid ideas
when walking the dog i stepped on a few snails by accident. it was dark and its raining so there were heaps of them out on the footpath.
the snails here look a lot like the ones in the Netherlands, so i thought, they must all come from a similar place and have (very) slowly populated the whole world (or so…
By: admin|14 May, 2012|Categories: geeky stuff . stupid ideas
battery technology is improving very fast at the moment, i just read about the new lithium-ion combination with carbon nano-structures and air-batteries that promise a 10 fold improvement on current capacity.
(http://www.ubergizmo.com/2012/04/ibm-develops-air-breathing-batteries/ )
in a couple of years i can imagine a ‘current affair’ report that follows somebody from work to home to ‘out’ them as stealing electricity from work.
almost everyone has…
Melbourne, Australia, at night taken by ESA astronaut André Kuipers from the International Space Station with the NightPod camera aid.
Cameras mounted on NightPod track the movement of Earth as it flies under the Space Station. Night-time photographs are less blurred and captured in higher detail.
For more information on André’s mission to the ISS, and to see many more of his…
A Lonely Sky from Nick Ryan on Vimeo.
http://www.alonelysky.com/
Artist Riusuke Fukahori’s London debut exhibition “Goldfish Salvation” transforms ICN gallery into the world of goldfish. When struggling with artistic vision, Fukahori’s pet goldfish became his inspiration and ever since his passion and lifelong theme. His unique style of painting uses acrylic on clear resin which is poured into containers, resulting in a three-dimensional appearance and lifelike vitality.
This video gives…
By: admin|26 November, 2011|Categories: blog . geeky stuff . kilcunda . magiclands . surf
Off
went for an early morning surf towards kilcunda
looked at klicunda and there was no wave to be seen
so we ended up surfing at woolies.
2 foot, clean, rainy, quiet and just pleasant.
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finished the morning with a nice breakfast at the killy cafe
this evening i was outside with my daughter when she pointed up and with a loud voice said ‘MOOOOOOOON’, she has been fascinated by the moon from age 1 and it seems to only get more excited by seeing it hang in the evening sky.
the first time i looked at the moon through a cheap telescope, this obviously…