This is an interesting item from the BBC:  •  “In his report, Conspicuous Compassion, author Patrick West said people were trying to feel better about themselves by taking part in "manufactured emotion". Describing extravagant public displays of grief for strangers as 'grief-lite' Mr West said …

Days like these, when the caffeine does not seem to be pushing me up fully through the surface of consciousness, I think - maybe I have "the yuppie flu". Remember that? Well, I guess it turned out not to be just for yuppies. Not my generation anyway, as was noted in 1999:  •  “Baby boomers at risk …

Thirty-five years ago right about now, after supper in jammies, my brothers and I would be breaking out the Major Matt Mason stuff, a line of Mattel space toys from the late 1960s. We don't have any left, unlike the author of this site where I quietly pocketed a copy of the photo above. There was …

Big neato factor. Apparently scientists have created a sixth state of matter. We all know about solid, liquid and gas. I undertand the northern lights are a fourth - plasma. A fifth was created in 1995 and now we have a sixth. Nutty.

I don't know why I am making a small gallery of astronaut on the moon photos with captions.

This is  •  really cool. Bendy screen technology allowing us to roll up and put away our  •  computers. And cheap:  •  “The FOLED technology potentially offers the ability  •  to use roll-to-roll processing, much the same as newspapers are currently  •  printed. This has tremendous implication for …

It reads "GAS THE MODERN FUEL"  •  I noticed this near the foot of Queen Street by Ontario, seen from behind S&R. It is pretty faded but a really nice font. The municipality has run natural gas distribution since the 1800s. This is near the old gas works site. Here is some info on city gas works …

The Guardian Unlimited has a great article on the legacy of Arab culture on the western world - little things like writing and science. It was written in response to a UK scandal involving a TV presenter who stated that we owe Arabs nothing.

For some time, Rob1 and I have been yapping about developing wind power on PEI. PEI is both fortunate and unfortunate in God's selection of blessings, lacking for example the natural resources such as a forested hinterland and mining resources that other parts of Canada take for granted. As the …