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650 Foot Long Horse Earth Sculpture

February 12, 2007

Over in the UK there is a 650 foot long earth sculpture of a running horse called Sultan the Pit Pony. It’s an amazing piece of work, and it’s perfect for viewing three dimensionally in Google Earth. If you don’t yet have it installed, use my Google Pack link to get it, then just follow [...]

Scientists ‘Train’ Cells to Fight Cancer

September 7, 2006

The US National Cancer Institute team in Bethesda, MD has successfully completed the first successful gene therapy treatment to rid a human of cancer. For Mark Origer, 53, the treatment completely eliminated his skin cancer and another tumor on his liver shrunk enough that it could be removed surgically.

Time Lapse Night Time Traffic Photography

August 25, 2006

Fascinating night time time lapse photography of traffic on a busy London highway.

UK plane diverted after ‘bomb’ note

August 18, 2006

I don’t mean for this to sound insensitive, but… Great! Now every moron who decides to scribble a bomb threat on a napkin and leave it on a plane can ensure that the aviation industry cowers to their prank.

Time Lapse Tower Bridge of London

August 16, 2006

Beautiful time lapse photography video spanning a few hours of the Tower Bridge in London.

British Airways Airline Terror Plot Disrupted

August 11, 2006
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For those who haven’t see it yet, here is a short excerpt from the BBC News. A plot to blow up planes in flight from the UK to the US and commit “mass murder on an unimaginable scale” has been disrupted, Scotland Yard has said. It is thought the plan was to detonate explosive devices [...]

Time Lapse Photography oLondon

August 9, 2006

This video of London was taken over an extended period of time. I’m thinking a few days… anyway, it is awesome! It starts out a little slow, but the clouds are nice. Then when night starts check out the lights in the buildings. The trick to keeping up with the coolness of this video is [...]