Well I indirectly learned a bit more about Italian renaissance history today after googling the term in the above title when coming across it in a Guardian article today ( Read more... )

See article:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/08/georgia.russia2

Quite scary news, hadn't seen a thing about this until today.

We're all used to gloom and doom, pessimism and despair when contemplating humanity and the things we get up to. Sometimes though, the breadth of human ideas can surprise and inspire you ( Read more... )

I flicked through a copy of Empire magazine which had a special on the Watchmen movie ( Read more... )

I feel a bit like Hiro in Snowcrash atm. I don't currently have the millimetre-wave radar or access to Reason but I do have a new camera - it's an ATC 3000 - an outdoor video camera for filming you falling off things, climbing things, falling into other things and trying not to drown in them/get eaten by bigger things ( Read more... )

In happier news, the new REM album 'Accelerate' is rather good.

Mark Easton, the BBC Home news editor has a blog I've only just discovered, he discusses some of the key stories of the day in interesting detail ( Read more... )

Increased growth of biofuels in EU & US responsible for 75% of recent food cost increases says a leaked confidential report written for the World Bank:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jul/03/biofuels.renewableenergy

Why is it, that you never meet an ex-serviceman who served in the logistics corps ( Read more... )

Last day before the ride, the sun has returned and the cyclists have now multiplied - there are now around forty bikes in the hotel basement, probably more being ridden out on the roads ( Read more... )