A Fuller View

Of course not. But get ready for April Fool’s Day (a nice post of RWW worth on the subject) on the web. I wonder what version 2008 will have in store for us and the USA? btw - this is just me trying to pad out the number of posts for the month of March. Enjoy.

This week’s Guardian Guide has a fun list of a variety lego related sites (half way down the page). Which reminds me of one of the funniest videos I’ve seen on You Tube, so here it is (Note: have the sound on and it invovled swearing by Eddy Izzard! - all money):




This looks like a fun way to spend some spring days in London (if I had the time!) - Penguin has crossed stroies + online game/contest + Google maps = We Tell Stories. Check it out if you have time.

I’ve gotta watch this show - BEAR GRYLLS – MISSION EVEREST - if he makes it up over the top of Mt Everest with basically a large fan as a motor then total respect!

I think working at Google’s Zurich offices would be very cool. Check out this fun video tour over on the BBC!

A funny and yet disturbing video from BBtv:

Boing Boing tv, surreal shorts about food and drink, in a two-part showcase of works from filmmaker Stefan Nadelman. First, “Food Fight,” a stop-animation piece that provides an abridged history of war, told through the foods of the countries in conflict (Ed.: the original work has been edited for time, and captions have been added to assist the history-impaired). Next, “My Dog Impersonating Orson Welles,” in which a pooch clutches a bottle of champagne, and attempts to form sentences.

Plus, Will is at it again with Semi-pro:




Plus here’s one from MSFT insider Tina at on10.net - about life at Microsoft. I am not sure its really funny or just trying really hard to be funny? You decide.

Someone sent me a link to this very intersting piece in NYT on Komodo Dragons: Birds Do It. Bees Do It. Dragons Don’t Need To. Basically, to many people’s surprise Komodo Dragon females can produce virgin births.

Judging from similar occurrences over the past two years in Britain, it appears that these lizards [Komodo Dragons] sometimes use a form of virgin birth in which eggs hatch without conception. The embryos are genetic clones of the mother.

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And that is the point. Biology is about variation. Without variation, the world would be static and unchangeable, and species would gradually disappear as they failed to meet challenges like changing climates and environments. So as we continue our very necessary debates over ethical issues, let’s bear in mind that morality is a concept limited to our species. The natural world is a fuzzy place that doesn’t always accommodate our decidedly human need to find cut-and-dried categories.

Today is a sunny, mild and bluster spring like day in London. We had a big rain storm blow through last night. For what ever reason I’ve been thinking about summer and holidays. Which reminded me about this travel piece I read in the Guardian ages ago about a company that rents VW Camper Vans - Seven Degree West - that have been fully kitted and sound way cool. Maybe this is just the ticket for our summer holiday. I hope that VW vans become available all over the world for holiday rentals and to inspire the beach bum in all of us.

February is a short month - even in a leap year. So, I am going to use this as part of my excuse (ie, its a short month) as to why I am short of posts and generally doing shorter “meta posts” this month. I am also very busy with a new full-time work gig (more on that another time or better yet, if you’re interested lets do some real social networking at the pub and I can tell you all about it). Bring on spring!

This video is funny if not a little twisted. I also enjoyed this insightful post on TC.