In the first of a new series of blog posts, I recall my early days and the circumstances that gave me a passion for radio — beginning with the pirate stations of the 1960s … On Monday the 14th of August 1967, at just after three o’clock in the afternoon, I sat alone in my [...]
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The United Nation Of Twitter
My leisurely Saturday morning browse through the overnight tweets on Twitter brought to my attention the embryonic formation of a new movement — or group, or collective, or however you wish to describe it — called the United Nation of Twitter. My tweeting life hasn’t been quite the same since. What’s it all about? When [...]
Rising Sea Levels
When the waters start to rise, how will coastlines around the globe be affected? A clever mash-up of Google Maps and NASA data gives a graphic illustration of what could happen if sea levels rise by up to 14 metres. George Murphy, who commented on my North Polar Meltdown post, asked if I knew of [...]
What’s In A Name?
My good blogging pal Nina, The Alien Next Door, tagged me a few days ago with this: What’s In A Name? Find your Name Sake. The rules are simple, folks: 1) Go to http://www.google.com/ 2) Click on Google images 3) Type in your name and search 4) Repost (w/ a link) the picture of the [...]
Google – The Cause Of My Crash?
Scary. Very scary. Having spent the past week getting my PC back up to speed by reinstalling the various programs I’d lost with the reinstall of Windows XP, today I reinstalled Google Earth in preparation for creating some more Google Earth Challenge posts. It installed just fine — but when I downloaded some of the [...]
New York To London – The Hard Way
1. Go to google.com 2. Click on “maps” 3. Click on “get directions” 4. Type “New York” in the first box (the “from” box) 5. Type “London” in the second box (the “to” box) 6. Scroll through the journey steps to #23 and … … remember to pack your snorkel. (With thanks to my voice-over [...]
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