Lisa has been writing about this article in the Guardian last week. The article starts with a statistic from Napster, that the average person owns 126 albums, of which 37 have been lost, leaving just 89. It goes on to speculate which 89 albums you should own if that is the case. I was faintly […]
Entries from November 21st, 2005
89 is barely scratching the surface!
November 21st, 2005 · 2 Comments · Music
Tags: Gang of Four·Kraftwerk·Nostalgia·Pink Floyd·Spizzenergi·World music
Boys toys?
November 21st, 2005 · Comments Off on Boys toys? · Technology
Us boys (even us boys over 40) just love gadgets we don’t actually need, as long as they have enough features, and this is a fantastic toy! Radio controlled planes are cool enough in their own right, but add in a digital camera so you can do amateur aerial photography, and a radio-controlled bomb bay… […]
Tags: Gadgets
Another road death in Crawley
November 21st, 2005 · Comments Off on Another road death in Crawley · Life
If you live outside the Crawley area you probably did not see this story about a 13-year-old boy who died in an accident yesterday on the A23. The police say they are not releasing his name until tomorrow, but everyone here in Broadfield seems to know who it is. He was at Broadfield East Middle […]
Tags: Broadfield·Cars·Crawley·Traffic
Mobile phones and health. And other dangers.
November 21st, 2005 · Comments Off on Mobile phones and health. And other dangers. · Technology
According to this story there is to be another study on the effects of mobile phones on the health of children. Scientists in Australia are to measure effects on 300 children aged 12 and 13 for 3 years. The only problem I can see is that a proper scientific study requires a control group, or […]
Tags: Science
