I was thinking of starting an ethical investment blog, but haven’t got round to it yet. In teh meantime, Enviropundit has links to a few resources for anyone considering investing in the Green revolution.
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Michael Ancram, former Conservative party leadership contender and possible pretender to the throne, says that all the other runners for leadership of the UK’s third party are ignoring the coming energy crisis.
Mr Ancram added: “Some politicians dismiss the energy crisis as a hyped green agenda. It is not.
“Our political system will be severely challenged the day a British citizen turns on the light switch and nothing happens or switches on the kettle and the kettle stays cold.”
Technorati tag: Politics, Tory Party
The house move messed with most of my supposedly regular posts, but I’m getting back on track. The fifth chapter of Heavensent is up at Cycling on the Pavement.
Technorati tag: Heavensent, Fiction
Doom meets Duck Hunt. Clare’s far better at this than I am.
via BoingBoing
Technorati tag: Nostalgia, Video Game
I’ve been at my new job for six weeks (or is it seven?) and they just gave me a logon to the network.
Of course, they haven’t given me access to the folder where all my work is stored, but that’s a little thing isn’t it?
More lessons will follow, but as a pedestrian she has already learnt one of the chief survival lessons- there are a significant number of drivers who are morons, therefore it is fair to expect them all to be morons and treat them accordingly.
Technorati tag: moblog
Coconut oil has proved to be a particularly good biodiesel, not needing the same level of pre-treatment as other biofuels.
Unlike with many biofuels, coconut oil doens’t need to be transesterized – mixed with sodium hydroxide and alcohol to change its chemical composition – to run in a diesel engine. Filtered and warmed to temperatures about 25C, coconut oil is a better than satisfactory substitute for “mineral diesel” – it burns more slowly, which produces more even pressure on engine pistons, reducing engine wear, and lubricates the engine more effectively.
via BoingBoing
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The original Gone in 60 Seconds is available on DVD. It’s not a great movie, by any standards, but the car chase is done for real (some of it was filmed illegally on open roads) and that makes it far superior to the recent re-make.
We shall see.
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It sounds like the plot to a low budget horror film- innocent fishermen exposed to bubonic plague after sailing too close to a military test.
I’m working as a contractor, officially my own company, and as such can deduct transport costs against tax. I know this counts for bus fare, but I have yet to find out if it would apply to bike maintenance. (Especially as my first claim would be for about £100 because of having a load of bits nicked.) However, if a cycle courier can claim his high calorie diet as deductible, it has to be worth a try.
Technorati tag: moblog
A 200ft pink bunny has been erected on an Italian mountainside where it will stay for the next 20 years.
The 200-foot-long toy rabbit lies on the side of the 5,000 foot high Colletto Fava mountain in northern Italy’s Piedmont region.
Viennese art group Gelatin designed the giant soft toy and say it was “knitted by dozens of grannies out of pink wool”.
via Screenhead
Technorati tag: Giant Pink Bunny, Art, Sculpture
Whilst unpacking (and throwing away a lot of crap) at the new flat I discovered a load of old cartoons and comics I did. As they’re interesting little snippets of stories or jokes, I thought I’d share them. Enter the Spinneyhead Scrapbook.
Don’t get too attached to any of the series, because none of them ever became ongoing. Unless, of course, you promise to subscribe to them, in which case I’ll consider restarting.
Technorati tag: Webcomics
Whilst unpacking (and throwing away a lot of crap) I discovered a load of old cartoons and comics I did. As they’re interesting little snippets of stories or jokes, I thought I’d share them. Enter the Spinneyhead Scrapbook at WebComicsNation.
Don’t get too attached to any of the series, because none of them ever became ongoing. Unless, of course, you promise to subscribe to them, in which case I’ll consider restarting.
Technorati tag: Webcomics
Technorati tag: moblog