Filed under Uncategorized • 20-01-2007 •
“Experts assessing the dangers posed to civilisation have added climate change to the prospect of nuclear annihilation as the greatest threats to humankind. As a result, the group has moved the minute hand on its famous “Doomsday Clock” two minutes closer to midnight…” Read the full story on the BBC website.
Filed under Uncategorized • 18-01-2007 •
According to New Scientist, aliens haven’t contacted us yet because it’s a big galaxy, and they haven’t had time to find us… Follow the link for the full story.
Filed under Blog • 13-01-2007 •
I’ve just migrated this blog onto the new version of Blogger, and I lost a lot of the things I’d added. I’ve organised some of the links and retroactively applied labels to some of the old posts - but there’s still some work that needs doing. Please bear with me until I’ve got it all done.
Filed under Uncategorized • 06-01-2007 •
Every now and then, a news story comes along and restores your faith in your fellow humans. Take this one, for example: it’s the story of a guy in New York who leapt in front of a subway train to save a fellow passenger. Or this one, which tells how two New Yorkers caught a five year old child falling from a four storey fire escape.
Filed under Uncategorized • 30-12-2006 •
I’m pleased and excited to hear that my brother’s writing a novel. So far he’s 40,000 words into it and - from what little he’s said about it - it sounds great. It’s a conspiracy thriller. He’s promised to email me a copy soon - and I’m so proud of him. He’s been through so much this year that I’m frankly amazed he’s had time to sit down and write.
I’m also currently reading through a murder mystery by my close friend, the crime writer D. James Harris. He’s given the old fashioned mystery format a modern spin by making the main character a student forced to investigate a rash of on-campus killings in order to try to prove her friend’s innocence. The action ranges from Bristol to Denmark. I haven’t finished reading it yet, but I have to say I’m hooked.