Rocket launch blows away the sky
Saturday, February 27th, 2010 Posted in ... Other | No Comments »I referenced the Bad Astronomy Blog earlier. The enthousiasm of Phil Plait is contagious ;-) He pointed to this movie of the launch of an Atlas V rocket last 11. February. Watch what happens at 1:50... You can find an explanation in his blog post.
DariusGoesWest on Oprah?
Thursday, February 25th, 2010 Posted in ... Other | No Comments »From my previous posts you know I am a big fan of the work Darius Weems is doing to raise money for research to beat Duchenne Muscula Dystropy. The www.dariusgoestwest.org crew is now trying to get Darius on the last season ...
Deworm the world
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 Posted in Taking a stand | No Comments »Deworm the world is an initiative to spread deworming tablets through schools wherever it is needed. That does not sound very sexy, but is very necessary and relatively 'easy' to do. Not only does a prevent deaths but also a ...
Charlie raises over 200000 pounds for Haiti
Monday, February 22nd, 2010 Posted in Taking a stand | No Comments »7 year old Charlie hoped to raise £500 for the Haiti earthquake relief by cycling five miles around a local park, but he has now raised over £200,000 in donations. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/25/schoolboy-charlie-simpson-haiti-bike http://www.justgiving.com/CharlieSimpson-HAITI Let me find out how I can raise this amount...
Cheese advert
Monday, February 22nd, 2010 Posted in Creativity | No Comments »No spoiler, just watch...
The impossible hamster
Saturday, February 20th, 2010 Posted in Creativity, Taking a stand | No Comments »From The Impossible Hamster Club
A Brief History of Pretty Much Everything
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 Posted in ... Other | No Comments »A flipbook animation, from the Big Bang to... well, I'm not giving that away.
Jamie Oliver wins TED Prize 2010
Monday, February 15th, 2010 Posted in Taking a stand | No Comments »At the recent TED conference, Jamie Oliver was awarded the TED Prize for furthering his work of teaching our kids about food: Seeing the part where he asks kids at school "What vegetable is this", I felt my body cringe. This ...
Voyager already 20 years outside solar system
Monday, February 15th, 2010 Posted in Smart thinking | No Comments »The two Voyager spacecraft were launched in 1977. 20(!) years ago Voyager 1 turned its camera back on, pointed it into the direction of the sun, and took these photographs of the planets it could see: Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Earth ...
Impress a French girl
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 Posted in Creativity | No Comments »Nice ad for Google.
