July 2008 « Hypo-theses

Take photos of earthquake damage – Get sent to labour camp

Even from the early reports of the Sichuan Earthquake, it was obvious that school buildings had suffered disproportionally. Many had been destroyed whilst surrounding buildings had remained intact. The Chinese authorities promised investigations. All this has now changed.

A Chinese teacher has now been sent to a labour camp for a year for “re-education” after [...]

I So Want One Of These : The Microsoft Sphere

I thought that the Microsoft Surface, a table top computer screen where one could interact with objects on the surface with one’s fingers was a really interesting concept and wanted one immediately. Now those clever people at Microsoft have just gone one (dimension) better.

Prototype of Microsoft Sphere

The interactive surface is now a sphere with projection [...]

Accretionary Wedge #11: Field Camp

This post is a submission to the Accretionary Wedge #11: Field Camp, being hosted by Ron Schott over at his Geology Home Companion Blog.

I’ve just spent some very enjoyable time looking back over some old photographs of my undergraduate mapping, over a quarter of a century ago now. They are getting quite faded now and [...]

Before 'Intelligent Design' was Intelligent Design

Before I start this post I think I need to point out that I don’t believe in ‘Intelligent Design’ creationism. I use the word ‘believe’ purposely since ‘Intelligent [sic] Design’ is a faith concept rather than a scientific theory or hypothesis. You might have noticed from my blog sidebar that I am without belief [...]