Archive for June, 2007

Anger on the streets

Friday, June 29th, 2007

Two horrifying and unexpected events hit the headlines today that on closer inspection may actually be connected. The news that a (hissing and smoking) bomb was found in Central London has spread around the world, and has once more raised the spectre of terrorism in our complacent London hearts.
Personally, I’ve been more saddened by […]

Genocide seen from a great height

Friday, June 29th, 2007

As I’m raising money for Darfur, someone pointed out to me that the US Holocaust Museum has teamed up with Google Earth to produce a plugin that allows you “to visualize and better understand the genocide currently unfolding in Darfur, Sudan.” The Crisis in Darfur layers for Google Earth use photographs and eyewitness testimony to […]

99 miles

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

Oh, yeah. Saturday’s ride turned out to be 99 miles, so it’s only an additional 21 miles this Sunday. Shouldn’t be too bad.
Micromaniac

Here’s an amusing thing called micromaniac where you can see various foodstuffs and modern essentials get microwaved and turn to goo before your very eyes. It has the remarkable effect of making even […]

A rider luckily missed the storm

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

Saturday was my last serious training day for the 1st July 120 epic. I’ve come to hate these things, they’re bloody hard work, they take so long and you feel utterly done in afterwards. The circular journey has started to feel a bit boring and repetitive, circular even. This time however, my journey was characterised […]