Shocking news at the lack of consideration being paid to surfers in the face of a new apparently perfect energy generation project off Cornwall England:  •  “The Wave Hub - a seafloor "socket", will connect wave energy machines to the mainland. The proposed power station will involve up to 20 sets …

While there is a Ministry of Truth aspect to it, I like the idea of ensuring claims of environmentally sensibility are actually sensible for the environment:  •  “No car can be "green," "clean" or "environmentally friendly" according to some of the world's strictest advertising guidelines set to …

Don't expect much from me today. What a thunder storm. Like the 1812 Symphony without the orchestra: boom, blam, whammo. What with the many mouths a wailing, not a lot of sleep. I almost wrote "flat chest" up there. One more week in August and therefore in summer. Summer really ends around here in …

Gee - another gorge shot...  •  Why is there not more clamo(u)ring for hydro? Ought not every historic lock be wired? Every drop of a drop from up there to down there temporarily barred? While wind farms are beautiful, having now first seen but not photographed the back of Tug Hill from the … read more »

Just a week off. Just one but, really, it's already begun in my mind. When did it start? When I began planning? When work got quiet from other people being away? It's always better on holiday.  •  Death to the animals update: We salute you, cougar choker!  •  Thanks for nothing, Norma.  •  So even …

As discussed in the spring, we have a neighbourhood garden rat feeding off the bounty of various well maintained compost piles. Don't believe the "no meat, no pests" stuff - they are branching out into vegetarianism. Or rather we did have such a beast. Yesterday, the snap of the trap took him from …

Dozing off at the end of the evening, I dreamed that there was something flitting in the blue glow of the TV light. Then I realized there was no dream as I wasn't sleeping. We had a bat trapped in the house and it was down here in the basement. So here are my bat removal tips gleaned from seven …

This never happened with a Sony Walkman:  •  “Wearing the device that is said to put “1,000 songs in your pocket” during a thunderstorm may have sent millions of volts surging through the head of an unlucky Vancouver jogger. The man, who played in a church orchestra and was listening to religious …