World Bank president has holes in his socks
No stoning or burning of women
Month: January 2007
Telegraph Fantasy Football password
The Telegraph Fantasy Football password for Wednesday 31st January is LAMB.
Made up stats of the day
A few stats which don’t seem true:
- 7% of men have suffered from stalking in the past year. I reckon more than 7% of people lie in surveys.
- Up to 25% of computers on the net may be used by cyber criminals. That’s up to 25%. Well, that covers anything more than 0% I guess.
The figures above may not change my life.
US military looks to ‘black ice’
The US military has appealed to scientists to help develop a novel weapon – artificial black ice.
The good thing about this article is the number of different ways to get across the main advantage of this new ‘weapon’ i.e. it makes the ground slippery:
- “to get from point A to point B, one must have sufficient traction with the ground”
- Darpa believes a polymer-based compound could replicate the properties of black ice – a thin, translucent slippery coating, typically found on roads in winter – to reduce traction.
- “Such a system will provide unprecedented situational control and sustained operational tempo,” said Darpa.
- “It would degrade the ability of our adversaries to shoot and chase us.”
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | US military looks to ‘black ice’
Telegraph Fantasy Football password
The Telegraph Fantasy Football password for Wednesday 24th January is GINGER
Maps mashup maps mashup to make me a million
If you read between the lines of this BBC article on internet entrepreneurs, then my Maps mashup maps mashup site is going to make my fortune for me.
Leyton Orient 0-1 Blackpool
Despite one of the best performances I’ve seen this year, Orient left the match against Blackpool with nothing to show for it.
Constant periods of pressure, including two shots cleared off the line, counted for nothing as a defensive error with only a few minutes of normal time remaining lead to a relatively easy opportunity for the visiting side. It was taken very well, but at the end of the day it should have been there for the taking.
As always seems to happen, when it’s not going well and a team needs the points, then they seem to be harder to come by. That’s certainly the case this season as Orient sit just above the relegation zone. Three points would have made so much difference.
There was some good play, however, and encouragement for the future. Ibhere was actually playing well, seemingly given a new lease of life after his last goal. As well as the pointlessly weaving runs which seem to be his trademark there was some more considered play and some good fighting against a strong Blackpool side with some good recent results behind them.
Hopefully the team will see the good play and not let their heads drop but it’s very frustrating to be playing well but still coming away with nothing.
Thames whale skeleton on display
The skeleton of the whale which died after becoming stranded in the River Thames a year ago will go on public display this week.
If you’re going to get trapped in the Thames then, second only to being rescued, having your skeleton put on display in the Natural History Museum must be best thing that can happen. That’s the way I’d want it.
Telegraph Fantasy Football password
The Telegraph Fantasy Football password for Wednesday 17th January is BOTTLE.
I’m into clippy
If you’re really into the Clippy ‘help’ in Microsoft Office, then this is for you:
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