Monthly Archives: April 2005
Films I have to revisit #1
While reading Empire just now, I saw a picture of one of the alien ships from the original War of the Worlds, and had a genuine moment of fear, just for a second. No-one would have believed in the early … Continue reading
Evaporation Pools
Matthew Haughey wrote an interesting article on his blog about evaporation beds on Google Maps The article was about Dead Horse Point State Park in Utah (pictured left), which shows a series of strongly covered pools. The author suggests that … Continue reading
Speeding police
Having witnessed first hand the suffering of families whose loved ones have been seriously injured or tragically killed, I would strongly urge all motorists not to speed This was the comment made by Chief Superintendent Les Owen, head of the … Continue reading
Choosing a new car
I’m currently looking at new cars, as my beloved Honda has done almost 180,000 miles and although the engine is still fine, annoying little things like the aerial and the driver window motor are slowly dying. In the running for … Continue reading
Political Manifesto: The Liberal Democrats
With the elections confirmed for May 5th, 2005, the political machines are beginning to roll. I’ve never really had a great overview or complete understanding of what each of the main parties stand for, so I’m going to research and … Continue reading
Camilla’s Live Webcam Show, Granny Mellows
The Royal Wedding this weekend (between Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles, if you’ve been asleep) will be broadcast live on the web, the BBC reports. British company Network Webcams has placed two cameras on top of the Macdonald Castle hotel, … Continue reading
Polar Bear
The Flickr Blog has brought to my attention the work of Catherine Jamieson, a 43 year old mother of two from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Her photoset immediately struck me because of both the colours and the textures captured.Catherines’ site was chosen … Continue reading
Coldplay X&Y album art
Coldplay have released the cover art for their new album, entitled X&Y, which is to be released 6th June 2005. The first single on the album, Speed of Sound, will be released on 23rd May.The announcement was made by email … Continue reading