Monthly Archives: March 2011

One of the 6-min talks from TED 2011 by volunteer fireman, Mark Bezos.  Quick & witty with a heart felt message. If you have something to give, give it now. Get in the game! www.ted.com/talks/mark_bezos_a_life_lesson_from_a_volunteer_firefighter.html

Ok, so this actually happened almost a year ago – I’m late to the game.  Still interesting reading & so eloquent. The idea of an ordered and elegant universe is a lovely one. One worth clinging to. But you don’t need religion to appreciate the ordered existence. It’s not just an idea, it’s reality. We’re discovering the hidden orders of the universe every day. The inverse square law of gravitation is amazing. Fractals, the theory of relativity, the genome: these...

            London’s 2012 Olympic tickets are on sale until 11:59pm on 26 April 2011. Anybody fancy going to see the Taekwondo or Judo or Wrestling heavyweight finals? www.tickets.london2012.com     Saturday11 August 2012 20:00-23:15 Taekwondo Women +67kg RepechagesMen +80kg RepechagesWomen +67kg Bronze Medal 1Men +80kg Bronze Medal 1Women +67kg Bronze Medal 2Men +80kg Bronze Medal 2Women +67kg Gold Medal ContestMen +80kg Gold Medal ContestWomen +67kg Victory CeremonyMen +80kg Victory CeremonySession Code: TK012 Friday03 August 2012...

I got that sinking feeling as I walked back to my bike yesterday when I realised that I couldn’t find my keys.  Semi-frantic pocket-patting ensued, but no dice!  I thought, hoped, that maybe I’d left the keys in the box on the back but as I got to the bike I could see that I hadn’t. Then, from the corner of my eye, I spotted a dreaded parking fine stuck to the inside of my windshield.  Talk about adding insult...

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Ocado (the online supermarket service) have a clever billboard campaign running at the moment – mapping shopping items into a Periodic Table. I saw this one in the Oxford Circus tube station:   You can check out the online version on their website:  http://www.ocado.com/table