what project did you work on last night?
29/09/2009
I arrived at the “green hut”, a sort of temporary looking structure made from a series of porta cabins, with chandeliers hanging from the ceiling. Everyone is super friendly and welcoming.
I am told that the sifu won’t come, he’s unavailable due to family affairs. Training starts straight away anyway, beginning with the first moves of the first form, called “Siu Lim Tau” .
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From BoingBoing.net:
“The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind — fantastic new book about a how a Malawian teenager harnessed the power of the wind”
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You may have heart the alarming stories that bees are disappearing around the world. Apparently it’s due to a protein problem, but in London scientists may have to think again:
I spotted some unusual activity on a white van parked at the top of my street (North London), only a few meters from a bakery. Dozens of bees were buzzing around, congregating at the back light of the van, where some damage had opened up a crack. I assume the crack gave the busy gatherers access to the interior, stacked with crates of honey soaked baklava, Danish pastries and other baking goods.
But the shock got bigger, when I walked around the side of the van, and discovered a moving curtain of bees “flowing” their way of the co-drivers side window to what looked like a new nest, just above the co-drivers seat!
As one elderly gentleman commented:
Bees are getting rare these days, those in the van will cost more than the van itself…
Check out the pictures for some bee-tastic swarming. I didn’t stay around for long enough to see what happened when the driver/owner returned, but the van was gone the next day.
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I spotted this on the way to work. Crazy!
It’s not exactly confidence inspiring, is it?
fountain plc and British Waterways van showing pesticides and dangerous chemicals warning signs.
From the fountain plc website:
From a background of forestry and arboriculture, we have grown and developed to offer a complete managed service approach to customers operating in both green and built environments.
Teams at fountains have specific experience in ecological surveying offering consultation for future protection and enhancement. Further ecological advice covers the development of ecological habitats, restoration work and managing sites of sensitive or special ecology.
snapped on Essex Road, London. Judge yourself!
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Went to the pub last night, after the Thursday meet and training session with my dive club. It’s a good way to socialise, plan trips and engage in a lot of geek talk!
The pub is not in the busiest part of town, tucked away in a side street, the sort of place where locals hang out for a pint in the evening, well and us diving lot! To my surprise, the toilet has been transformed into a police line-up/ identity parade/mugshot background, with height markings on the wall, and the waning:
“Get caught drink driving and you’ll be processed like any other criminal. think!”
I’m still confused if I should be inspired by the doom and gloom transformation of a bog to a shady police station ID parade room, or anxious and alerted where Big Brother is going to haunt me next. Is it asked too much to take a leak in peace? All they need to do now is force the landlord to install CCTV and your mugshot is on it’s way to a police DB.
Or, maybe, I should read the sign properly. “Get caught..” ! Ah, sorted then. Go have a drink, just don’t get caught. That makes feel so much better, lesson learnt.
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found on Boingboing.net:
“The Mannahatta Project is an interactive map of Manhattan as it appeared in 1609, indexed by streets. You can enter a landmark name or address and zoom into your favorite New York neighborhood as it appeared in a more primeval time. Shown here, the site of the iconic Flatiron Building: 23rd and 5th.”
http://themannahattaproject.org/
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