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Category Archives: Technology

BBC Documentary - “Horizon: Science Under Attack”

Nobel Prize winner Sir Paul Nurse examines why science appears to be under attack, and why public trust in key scientific theories has been eroded - from the theory that man-made climate change is warming our planet, to the safety of GM food, or that HIV causes AIDS.
He interviews scientists and campaigners from both sides [...]

Bill & Steve

Oil reaches Louisiana shores

Foto essay here…horrific. Estimates of the amount of oil being discharged range from BP’s current estimate of over 5,000 barrels to as much as 100,000 barrels of crude oil… per day. Just another great reason to switch to green energy…

BMW R60/2 (1966)

BMW R60/2….nice!

Bobsleigh 1910 vs. 2010

1910:

1950:

2010:

Holger Bech Nielsen on the Higgs Particle (w. subtitles)

Holger Bech Nielsen…Known as the smartest person in Denmark…Professor of High Energy Particle Physics at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen…and the closest Denmark has been to having a Nobel Prize winner in Physics since Niels Bohr …has come up with a humerous theory about why the LHC will fail.
Even if you don’t understand [...]

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

Do yourself a favour…Download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and run it…I did…and found 7 (!) pieces of malware…trojans, backdoors, rootkit tools etc…
Just a word of advice…

Speed up firefox startup

Slow FF start up time? Probably because it’s checking for updates when launched! Go to tools->options->advanced->update…uncheck all Automatic Update checkboxes.
Enjoy…

Multiverse

Fascinating…

Citroen DS

The Citroën DS is the most beautiful car of all time, according to the world’s leading car designers. Assembled by UK-based Classic & Sports Car magazine, the 20 jury members placed the French sedan ahead of anything produced by Ferrari or Lamborghini.
(Linky)
It is indeed an incredibly beautiful car…