Archives for January 2006

nuclear nevada

just thought that what with all this talk about nukes in the press at the moment i’d link to the wonderful [wikipedia article on the nevada test site](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_Test_Site “wikipedia on nevada test site”). growing up in norfolk at the height… continue reading »

steve bell is ace

we live in dark times but i love steve bell’s cartoons. he understands the darkness and makes me smile. you can always [view his recent guardian contributions](http://www.guardian.co.uk/cartoons/stevebell/archive/0,14955,1284265,00.html “steve bell is ace”)

fuelish?

Is flying the worst way to travel? In terms of pollution I think driving a car with no passengers is nearly twice as bad. Perhaps someone could pull me up if i’ve got these figures wrong:

what a kunstler…

OK I wanted to be positive – but I was trying to predict what might happen in 2006 from a geo-political perspective. Fortunately [James Howard Kunstler agrees with me...](http://www.energybulletin.net/11934.html “Kunstler’s predictions for 2006″).

scary size

As part of the ‘amaze non techies about computery things’ campaign this week, I’m pleased to add some information that Simon B alerted me to. There is a website called [istock photo](http://www.istockphoto.com “istockphoto”) which most of us have never heard… continue reading »

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