Memories

Todays boot fair acquisitions were Lords of the New Church “Dance with me” 7 inch, an electronic keyboard (bought with the intention of circuit bending, cheap shoddy plastic, probably a single chip implementation not good for bending, but not yet cracked open, update later), 33k6 USR modem and a Teleton external Dolby noise reduction unit. […]

…and a couple of Katrina cars: Beetle Saab …notice the waterlines on them, especially the Beetle, so sad that they probably won’t be restored because it doesn’t make economic sense. Also see the ‘X’ on the wall behind the Beetle, the 6 at the bottom supposedly shows six bodies were found in that house, which […]

Just how deep does the rabbit hole go? “Berger connected her 50 baby subjects to a ‘geodesic-net’ sensor cap, that measures the electrical activity produced by the brain” Canada gets biodiesel Bribe people to join your DNA database with cool wall art

I’m tempted by the Scumball Rally (1000 miles in 1000 minutes for less than 1000 pounds[0]), were it not for the Germans having lost patience with the whole thing. Dates tbc, but is anyone interested – I can take a couple of passengers or join in in your own vehicle? [0] assuming they count current […]

Linkblast…

And I thought 1600×1200 was a decent resolution Mr Bunny takes over the mountainside. More Elvises than you can shake a stick at. BBC’s Katrina reports ‘full of hate for America’ – which seems like an odd thing for him to say.

Mr cabbage is a bad influence.

“What will Conference Bike do for me? …share this smile machine and you are going to give and get immeasurable joy” (with thanks to Grandi)

Ambient Noise Strategy – government initiative, but should be German unusual music makers, or perhaps a record label.

Disturbing album covers

“In the longer term, CAFE is a deadly blood-for-oil trade-off…It’s lethal effects on vehicle safety were documented in the National Research Council’s 2001 study, which found that its downsizing incentive contributes to 2,000 deaths annually. Its sponsors may pretend otherwise, but the Boehlert-Markey bill would make that death toll even worse.” …because as we all […]