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Last Update: Mon May 12 02:08:00 2008

+ Spectacular photographs of electrical storm in the dust cloud from Chaitén + Fotos Tormenta eléctrica en erupción del volcán Chaitén. linked to by Earl ...

+ 2000 Terrorists. Don't trust anyone! + Craig Murray in fine fettle: The truth is that since September 11 Islamic militants have killed about 70 people in the UK. That's ...

+ Half price! + That's a long queue for half price chips. Are they really worth the ...

+ School or factory? + Who needs personal contact when we can monitor pupils using RFID tags (via Schneier on Security). ...

+ San Francisco in jell(y|o) + Thanks Heather for a pointer to Liz Hickok's jelly model of San Francisco. Sadly the earthquake doesn't test it to distruction ...

+ Child obesity = global warming = terrorism = fascism + Mick Hume in the Times: We were officially told this week that obesity is as big a threat as climate change. Not long ago we were told ...

+ Conceptual Terrorists Encase Sears Tower In Jell-O + The Onion: CHICAGO—In what is being called the first conceptual terrorist attack on American soil, the landmark Sears Tower was ...

+ Digital information is different + This is beautifully done, and hits a few nails on the head: Merlin has a few worthwhile comments on the strengths of paper. Also ...

+ Newcastle University Compromises on Excellence + High hopes for our new Vice Chancellor take something of a battering with this latest news: Key themes of the discussions centred ...

+ What is uncertainty? + A couple of recent activities have forced me to explore my discomfort with with the way the word uncertainty is used in flood risk ...