The beasties at my friends’ place in Inverell.
Kaja smiled nicely for the camera
The beasties at my friends’ place in Inverell.
Solomon does not like to be photographed
A group of scientists are about to present their breakthrough in hydrogen storage. In contrast to previous storage mechanisms, this method binds hydrogen to a pellet which is completely safe to handle at room temperature. While bound in this medium no hydrogen loss occurs, enabling hydrogen to be stored cheaply for indefinite periods. When needed, the extraction of hydrogen is relatively simple. The pellets exceed all criteria set by the US Department of Energy for 2015, enabling a car to drive more than 500km on a 50L tank
An offer of aid from the Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, which included two mobile hospital units, 120 rescue and first aid experts and 50 tonnes of food, has been rejected, according to the civil rights leader, Jesse Jackson
When Carl the labrador chased a squirrel into the woods, his owners’ only concern was for his quarry. But they should have worried about their dog. Because seconds later Carl re-emerged with the grey squirrel firmly clamped to his neck. The squirrel launched itself at the dog and sank its teeth and claws into his neck. The attack continued until a passer-by intervened. Carl, who is two, was taken to a vet and needed surgery to stitch up his wounds — via Warren Ellis
A pale yellow grevillea in a neighbour’s garden
An orange grevillea in a neighbour’s garden
Apple have released the iPod nano, which is an iPod photo-esque replacement for the iPod mini. It comes in 2GB and 4GB flavours, is half the thickness of the mini and is available in black or white. A new iTunes was released as well, which has some dull cosmetic changes and seems even slower than its predecessor
The US government agency leading the rescue efforts after Hurricane Katrina said it does not want the news media to take photographs of the dead as they are recovered from the flooded New Orleans area. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, heavily criticised for its slow response to the devastation caused by the hurricane, rejected requests from journalists to accompany rescue boats as they went out to search for storm victims
Yahoo has been accused of supplying information to China which led to the jailing of a journalist for divulging state secrets
. Reporters Without Borders said Yahoo’s Hong Kong arm helped China link Shi Tao’s e-mail account and computer to a message containing the information. The media watchdog accused Yahoo of becoming a police informant
in order to further its business ambitions — via Warren Ellis
Derrick Hixson has submitted an amazing entry to the MacMod Mod Competition, a Millennium Falcon: complete with Mac mini and iSight. It even includes front USB ports. His modguide contains complete build instructions, and plenty of pictures
Samsung will next year release a DVD player capable of playing both Blu-ray and HD DVD if backers of the rival standards fail to agree on a unified format
Lawrence Lessig predicts that the public domain will die a slow death at the hands of anti-piracy efforts. The danger remains invisible to most, hidden by the zeal of a war on piracy. And that is how the public domain may die a quiet death, extinguished by self-righteous extremism, long before many even recognise it is gone
Australian scientists have created mice which can regenerate absolutely any tissue except for the tissues of the brain. Heart, lungs, entire limbs, you name it. This is the first time this has been seen in mammals
The Australian record industry celebrated a win against online music-swapping service Kazaa. Future versions of Kazaa will need to include filters to prevent the trading of copyrighted music works, the federal court ruled. Kazaa’s owners would have to apply maximum pressure
on existing users to upgrade their software to the new, filtered version. Sharman Networks has announced it will appeal the ruling
Massachusetts has cited legal concerns over Microsoft’s software as a factor behind its decision to only use document formats based on open standards
A police box has been discovered embedded in a brick wall in Glasgow’s east end. The Mark Two cast-iron box dates back to 1912, and is the oldest known example in the city. Glasgow Police Museum plan to rescue it, restore it to its former glory and put it on display from next spring. Meanwhile, new hi-tech police boxes are being introduced to Glasgow — via Doctor Who News
There is a new plugin available for IE that can make Internet Explorer resemble Firefox by adding tabbed browsing capabilities and an integrated search box. Moreover, the plugin improves IE’s privacy and security by integrating a firewall designed to block out Internet exploits, phishing sites, spammers, spyware and worms, with a special HTTP filter that removes private data, and an anti-spyware tool that can identify and remove all pests in less then 10 seconds
One of the world’s largest and highly venomous centipedes has been found crawling up a living room wall in north London. The scolopendra gigantea, nine inches long and an inch wide, a native of Central and South America, was identified by the Natural History Museum. Experts believe that it could have found its way to Britain as a stowaway in electrical equipment or a large import of fruit
3700 Creative Zen Neeons
shipped with a virus. The virus in question was the W32.Wullik.B@mm worm. Creative released a statement today to help consumers pinpoint the possibly effected devices
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