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Internet Explorer compatibility issue with YouTube - the solution
Apologies to those of you who use Internet Explorer and have got an “Aborted” message when visiting this website. Hopefully the issue is resolved now.
I would have continued to be unaware of it but for Christine Clear and Rosemarie Rowley. Rosemarie sent me an email wondering if my website had moved. In Christine’s case, [...]
In a State of Surveillance
“From the age of uniformity, from the age of solitude, from the age of Big Brother, from the age of doublethink – greetings!â€
– George Orwell, 1984
We are about to enter into a state where every digital step you take is recorded. At the end of March, the Government will introduce the most draconian law [...]
The Pale Blue Dot
It never fails to move me, and as Grace Wynne-Jones mentioned it in passing today, here it is again, the beautiful video and great words of the truly great Carl Sagan.
May his spirit flourish as a sage in some distant, advanced pocket of the galaxy.
Britain Suppressed Details of ‘57 Atomic Disaster
New Scientist (preview only, sub for full article) and The New York Times report that British Cabinet documents, published under regulations governing the release of secret papers after 30 years, reveal that then then British Prime Minister, Harold MacMillan, suppressed knowledge that the plume from the fire at the atomic processing plant at [...]
Juan Enriquez
I know, I know, another TED Talk. but whether or not you agree with everything he says, spend 18 minutes with Juan Enriquez for the pleasure of listening to - and watching - a fine mind.
What he says about wealth is astonishing.
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Juan Enriquez at TED
Streetcars of Desire on AP
It isn’t often I plug my other weblogs, but I’m so chuffed at the possiblity that Dublin (and indeed other Irish cities) are to get at least some gorgeous Streetcars made by Wrights of Ballymena, that I thought I’d make an exception.
I like the Luas, but it isn’t practical for city-wide adoption, and is [...]
Was cancer research suppressed? Answers, please
I’m sure you’ve had friends and/or family die of cancer. I certainly have had friends die of both brain and breast tumours. I came across this report about the US government suppression of evidence that marijuana kills tumours, which, if true, will make me very angry indeed.
Of course because the site promotes the [...]
Biomimicry
If you have 23 minutes to spare, and I would strongly urge you to have them, then have a look at this beautiful and important talk on TED.
Author Janine Benyus provides fascinating examples of biomimicry - humans mimicking nature in the products we build and the systems we implement. (Recorded February 2005 in Monterey, [...]
Remarkable Service
Tom Raftery has an interesting post about Remarkable Customer Service.
I could rave all day about the remarkable service from my host letshost.ie.
Always patient, interested and understanding beyond the call of duty, the guys get the problem solved with utmost courtesy.
Plus of course the sheer value of their single package. No irritating ‘home’ packages [...]
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