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Symonds drops a streaker
Mar 4th
Today Australia lost another cricket final when they were beaten by India. That’s pretty pleasing, but what I really enjoyed was a moment when a streaker running past Andrew Symonds was dropped by a deadly shoulder charge.
The force of Symonds’ shoulder sent the man to the ground and security and police swarmed before taking him from the field.
The Aussie cricketers are often extremely annoying but this incident has given me an excuse to like a great player like Symonds. Here is a report from Cricinfo.
Update: I saw this series showing the incident which I liked. The second image is awesome – the guy is flying!
The Russians appear to be masters of the Arctic
Aug 6th
The Economist has an article on how the Russians are doing a bit of a symbolic ‘land/ocean grab’ in the Arctic. In a symbolic act, a Russian flag was planted on the seabed at the North Pole.
There are plenty of resources in the Arctic and:
Global warming is making them look more accessible. They may include 10 billion tonnes of oil and gas deposits, tin, manganese, gold, nickel, lead, platinum and diamonds, plus fish and perhaps even lucrative freight routes.
More from the article:
The latest Russian expedition is not just collecting geological samples; on Thursday August 2nd it placed the Russian flag (in titanium) on the yellow gravel 4,200 metres below the surface at the site of the North Pole.
Even more startling, though, was Russia’s rhetoric. “The Arctic is ours and we should manifest our presence,” said Mr Chilingarov, a charismatic figure whom President Vladimir Putin has named as “presidential envoy” to the Arctic.
This was the first manned mission there [the seabed of the North Pole], mounted by a polar flotilla that no other country could match. For outsiders used to stories of Russian bungling and backwardness, that was a salutary reminder of the world-class technical clout and human genius the Kremlin can still command.
Lunch time in a Chinese textiles factory
Jun 26th
Wired has some interesting photos of factories in China. This one showing lunch time at a textiles factory is almost exactly how I imagined things while I was reading Nineteen Eighty-Four.
This looks a little strange because of all the pink. It is taken in one of the biggest chicken processing plants in China.
Don’t forget about shared links
Jun 19th
When I’m too busy to post (like yesterday and probably today) I still often share posts that I read in Google Reader. You can easily check them out by following the “shared articles” link under blogroll on the right of this page.
Most mornings I scan through articles using Google Reader, and if I see anything interesting I flag it for sharing. This is quick and easy for me, so I do it on most days.
Do you like the new look?
Apr 16th
What do you think about the new look on this site? Let me know by casting your vote below.
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