The Ghost Train
Strange/ creepy/ sad pictures of an abandoned amusement park somewhere in Asia. This is only one collection, there appear to be several other galleries of decrepit buildings.
via BoingBoing
Technorati tag: Abandoned
Daily archives: May 17, 2005
Further Infill
Some time will be devoted during the rest of the week to putting together Discontinuous Infill 2. I should have started yesterday but the seething anger got in the way. These two pictures may make it into the book.
You can still buy the first issue.
Technorati tag: Photos
Nuclear Poll
52% of those questioned in a Newsnight poll said they don’t think nuclear is the answer to the UK’s energy problems. 57% said the renewable sources were the best bet. You could argue that nuclear has a future as a way of cutting down on CO2, but with that level of antipathy it’s going to take so much longer to build the things that they’ll be pointless.
Technorati tag: Renewable energy, Nuclear
Too much of a good thing?
Can too much sustainable development be dangerous? Yes, according to this opinion piece. However, Brian Gongol’s argument would only make sense if we were all ‘back to the land’ hippies so it’s a pretty obvious straw man argument. The average proponent of sustainable development is more in touch with comparative advantage than Mr Gongol thinks.
Technorati tag: Sustainable development
Camden
Another event I’m unlikely to get to because it’s in London- the Camden Green Fair & Bikefest 2005.
via hippyshopper
Technorati tag: Green Events, London
Burn your own water filter
An Australian scientist has perfected a way to make an effective water filter from clay and coffee grounds (or other organic materials such as rice husks or tea leaves) and fired over burning cowdung. He hasn’t patented it in the hope that its use will spread through the Third World and save lives.
via Treehugger
Technorati tag: Water filtration
Yoga's bad, Mmmmkay
Yoga is the exercise regime of the Devil…. Or Hinduism, anyway, which is the same thing for some idiots.
Those sites of legend
A list of High Traffic Linkers, all of whom I’m keeping in mind for future pimping (when I get back to making silly videos etc.). I’ve been linked by BoingBoing as the footnote to a story and the resultant spike was nice and I got a few Kudos clicks to How to Save the World for Free last week for sending them a link. My most consistent long term source of links is Fleshbot. Sex sells, who’d have thought.
Technorati tag: Blogging
Flock
Researchers at the University of Essex are using wireless networking and Linux to fly groups of model aeroplanes that display flocking characteristics. One early prototype, for an indoor helicopter, is the world’s smallest flying webserver and can send pages with shots from its onboard camera.
via Slashdot
Technorati tag: Linux
Fluff
Fluff is household waste treated to become a stable and pathogen free composting material. It can also be compressed and extruded to form posts or sheet that can be used in buildings.