Monthly archives: February 2006

Salford Quays (and Shudehill) photo trip

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Actually, the Shudehill photos were taken on Saturday, but I’ll include them here because I’ve just uploaded them.

I realised that I wasn’t going to hit my 50 miles a week cycling target if I didn’t go out for a ride on Sunday. So I headed out to the Quays to meet my sister and take a few shots. Loaded down with three cameras (1 digital, 1 SLR, 1 APS) and a tripod I safely navigated the Mancunian Way and parked up outside the War Museum, meeting Jo on the bridge.

The bridge is photogenic, and frames the War Museum rather nicely. But there’s a sign (“No pleasure craft beyond this point”) that spoils all the best views. I took a photo anyway.

At this point the trip nearly came to a halt when we spotted a severed leg floating in the Quays. It freaked us out for a while as we watched it and came to the conclusion it was from a mannequin.

Putting the shivers aside we walked toward the water sports centre and photographed egotastic architecture, anti aircraft guns and swans.

I took the same photo a few times on the three different cameras, courtesy of the tripod allowing a fixed position, for a comparison of the technologies’ qualities. But I haven’t had the SLR’s film developed yet, so you can’t see them. Shortly after this the digital’s batteries failed and the replacement set proved to be flat as well. Consequently I used up a whole roll of APS, but I’m saving most of those for the upcoming resurrection of Discontinuous Infill.

Most of them. You can have this bovine shot for now.

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It's pronounced "nu-cle-ar" jackass!

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insultthepresident.com “Because Everybody Deserves An FBI File”.

Okay, here is what happens. We write an insult, or you type in your own insult, and we (1) post it to the website for others to read, (2) send a physical letter of your insult to the President, and (3) mail you a copy of the letter with a certificate of authenticity, suitable for framing. That way when someone comes into your cubicle/home and sees a certificate that says,

“On April 10, 2006, Mary Smith told the President of the United States, ‘I’ve got things growing in my refrigerator that make better foreign policy decisions than you!'”

and they ask, “Did you really send a letter to the President that said that?” you can say, “YES I DID!” Sure, lots of people talk about disliking the President and his policies, but you TOLD HIM. Let the flame letters begin.

via A Logical Voice

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The complete Manchester Blogmeet list

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Thanks to Neil of A Cloud in Trousers, there is now a full list of the Manchester Blogmeet attendees. I could just link to the post, but I thought I’d reproduce it here so everyone can enjoy a little extra exposure for the search engines and rankings sites-

Neil, Chris, Kate(1) aka Yankunian, Kate(2), Norm, Chern Jie, Clare, Tim, Lisa, Abby, Jonathan, Me, Mike, Richard, Tom, Duncan, Dan, Phil, and Rob.

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Je Joue

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Another requirement ticked off the Perfect Sex Toy list- the Je Joue sensual massager can be programmed to whatever combinations of “Grooves” work for you.

The beauty of Je Joue is that it lets you create your own Grooves or customise the ones we’ve created for you.

Once you discover the moves that really do it for you, you can save them to create a treasure chest of your own personal favourites. Then combine them to create uniquely personal Grooves that really hit the spot.

Make one for every mood; the only limit is your imagination.

via Sex Drive Daily

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Tree Blocks Elves wooden toys

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Rugby Central Railway Station

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A few weeks ago I came across some construction plans for the former Rugby Central railway station. I’ve scaled them down to 1:76th scale and have started to recreate the station building using pieces of foamboard.

Old Rugby Central Station Photo
 

Photo of my ‘work in progress’ model


 

The full size plans can be found here if anyone fancies having a go themselves.

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Slow Blog day

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Is it me, or is the world less interesting today than it was yesterday?

I scan the same set of feeds every day. Yesterday I found twenty or so things to post about, today- four. And it’s raining, so my planned trip to the allotment is off.

Oh well, I guess I’ll just have to look for jobs and design some flyers.

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Eeeew! Hickies!

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New guidelines for teachers could mean the end of romantic scenes in school plays.

But Margaret Higgins, of the National Association for the Teaching of Drama told the Times Educational Supplement: “You can’t just cut out scenes like the kiss in Romeo and Juliet.

“It is a crucial moment. If this isn’t fit subject matter for children, perhaps they should put on EastEnders after the watershed.”

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Want free porn? Get elected

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Every month, free of charge, all 535 members of the US Congress get the latest edition of Hustler. Most of them, foolishly, file it in the bin. Some have even taken legal measure to stop their supply of free smut.

Larry Flynt started the mailings in 1974 (or 1983, depending on which source you believe) because he felt the Congresscritters ” should be informed with what’s going on in the rest of the world,”

If you’re in the Washington area, you might want to go through Congress’ trash-

Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah, says it is offensive that his staffers have to see the publication when opening the mail.

“It’s immediately deposited in an outside trash bin, so no one else has to be offended by it,” Matheson says. “It’s insulting behavior on the part of the publisher, but not surprising.”

Increased CO2 may cause plant life to raise rivers

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Plants around the world are requiring less water, another effect of the increased CO2 in the atmosphere. The higher concentrations mean plants can absorb the gas and convert it through photosynthesis more efficiently, meaning they need less water overall. This could be a good thing, as Gaia self regulates the CO2 out of the atmosphere, but it is also leading to an increase in water run off and greater risks of flooding.

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Eco-farming to bootstrap poor economies

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A major study has shown that green farming methods such as crop rotation and organic farming increased crop yields by an average of 79%, without risking future harvests.

“Most people think it is bad news from the south,” Professor Pretty said, “but in many ways farmers in developing country are leading the way.”

The researchers found methods that did not have an adverse effect on local biodiversity allowed farmers to reap the rewards of growing crops in healthy soil.

“People are using a variety of integrated pest management techniques; making the best of biodiversity like predators, parasites and multiple cropping,” Professor Pretty told the BBC News website.

“In essence, it allows the ecosystem to deliver the pest management services.”

This approach paid dividends, he said, because it not only cut the use of pesticides but also resulted in farmers having to spend less of their income on chemicals.

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Sugar in the tank

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They may not be popular with Tescopoly, but Tescos are doing some interesting things on the environmental front. They have started selling petrol with 5% bioethanol at their petrol stations.

According to the renewable transport fuels obligation, the details of which are to be described in this year’s budget expected in March, 5% of all motor fuel must come from renewable sources by 2010. Government figures suggest that if bioethanol replaced 5% of petrol in the UK, it would have the environmental impact of taking a million cars off the road.

Of course, we could take a million or so cars off the roads as well.

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