If you click here you will see and hear a most undynamic 6 Mb talkie movie of a red-wing blackbird I saw this afternoon next to the car park at work which is usually a sign of late April rather than mid-March.  [Expect some delay in downloading].  •  It is, however, the call that tells you winter …

So I see these things and all I can think of is, in 2030, recreational versions on people at malls. Apparently, they are only for experimental use by infantrymen now. Very Inspector Gadget.

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 … read more »

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 … read more »