Daily archives: March 24, 2006

thinking

This entry was posted in flickr photo on March 24, 2006 by Ian Pattinson

thinking,
originally uploaded by spinneyhead.
Of what, i don’t know.
Technorati tag: moblog

chicken

This entry was posted in flickr photo on March 24, 2006 by Ian Pattinson

chicken,
originally uploaded by spinneyhead.

Technorati tag: moblog

Union not-so-Pacific

This entry was posted in Model Railway on March 24, 2006 by Ian Pattinson

The Union Pacific railroad is suing a model company for breach of copyright because their logo appears on scale rolling stock. Lots of aerospace and military corporations are trying to shake down model companies for exorbitant licencing fees, and now the railways are getting in on the act.

It’s time for companies to start bringing out really obscure subjects and creating their own pretend corporations to use them.

via BoingBoing

Technorati tag: Scale Models, Model railway

Platial

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on March 24, 2006 by Ian Pattinson

Every so often I get an urge to mark Spinneyhead related spots on a map. I’ve not had the patience to sit doiwn and build my own map hack, so I keep trying out services like Platial. I’m just off to register and see if it’s what I’ve been waiting for.

This Wired article pointed me in Platial’s direction.

Update I’ve started mapping all of Spinneyhead’s photos on Platial, and embedded the map in the photo gallery. Can’t quite get it to go all the way and show you the location of the current photo, though.

Update update I’ve taken the embedded map off the gallery page and simply linked back to it because it was a bit ugly where it was.

Technorati tag: Maps

London's sinking

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on March 24, 2006 by Ian Pattinson

Another rising sea levels story. New York, London and many other cities could be under water by the end of the century as sea levels continue to rise because of global warming.

Technorati tag: Global warming, Sea levels

Mapping the oceans' CO2 absorption

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on March 24, 2006 by Ian Pattinson

British oceanographers will use the MV Indotrans Celebes, to measure the oceans’ ability to absorb carbon dioxide, going to remote areas they would not otherwise bea ble to visit.

Technorati tag: Ocean, CO2, Carbon dioxide

Society's headlong march into bland conformity

This entry was posted in Banksy graffiti on March 24, 2006 by Ian Pattinson

Baksy on Melbourne’s depressing zero tolerance approach to graffiti in the buildup to the Commonwealth Games.

via Ministry of Information

Technorati tag: Graffiti, Banksy

It can be a civil war without battles everywhere

This entry was posted in iraq on March 24, 2006 by Ian Pattinson

Sorry for the rather cumbersome title. The Today programme today had some senior armed forces spokesman on. Amongst the many things he uttered and denied was that the current situation in Iraq isn’t a civil war because there are areas where there isn’t heavy fighting.

A map of the English not-civil war.

A map of the American outbreak of minor disturbances.

Technorati tag: Iraq, Civil war