Some great pictures at the BBC from the time of the building of the Great Eastern in 1858 taken from a new exhibit at the Science Museum in London.  •  Note to file: Victorian industrialists slouched and wore funny big hats. I think the combination of the slouch and the tall headpieces speaks to …

'nee raises an interesting point after using the Cancer Surveillance On-line mapping tool from the Public Health Agency of Canada, a FedGov branch I had never heard of until this very day.  •  Mapping, like all representations of statistical data, is something of a mugs' game as it is a means to …

A bit better, thanks. What happened this week? What has been going on?  •  I have renewed my knowledge I am Oldie Olson as I have never looked at MySpace.com yet I learn this morning that it is an asset comparable to the giants of industry in terms of value:  •  “It's true that based on certain …

Just in case you were wondering about the lack of witty observation otherwise known as cutting and pasting. This one is odd as it was not received from the kids. I did watch the last Matrix movie on Global TV last night. The breaks for commercials helped my understand Smith's position in all this …

Now that I have slashed the cable TV to sports and local, I have no idea what is going on in the world so I was happy to read this:  •  “Even as it crops up in the far corners of Europe and Africa, the virulent bird flu that raised fears of a human pandemic has been largely snuffed out in the …

Through no act of my own doing, I have always had extraordinarily good vision. I can pick out profile branches on trees on the horizon, read road signs a mile before anyone else in the car and read the edges of lps and National Geographics from across the room. But the near stuff is going. I have …

I now officially do not believe in science anymore as now apparently vegetables are bad for your teeth:  •  “Dr Chadwick said: "The acidity of ratatouille prepared by oven-roasting is the same as that of some carbonated drinks that, when consumed in excess, are believed to contribute to the …

I think CM is keeping track so just for the record I finally got what the kids have. There was a story on the TV news that something around 50% of the kids in school have been hit with this one. I know the elementary school of our choice is running on a very limited population. But spring is just …

Once again, a study of the obvious is released:  •  “The study found that in young adults, activity in the area of the brain associated with tasks that require concentration (memory, for instance) goes up when called upon, while activity in other regions linked to a resting state (such as thinking …