Simon Perry: Schemes, dreams & trivia

You know that there’s desperation in the Bush camp when speaking about the levels of violence in Iraq, they have to start blaming it on a desire to “break the will of the American people,” as Cheney just has. If you can’t win fair and square, resort of calling on the peoples patriotism.
Bush and […]

This fireworks show has just won the US fireworks trade gong. Apparently it just uses normal, consumer fireworks. Shows that firework don’t just have to be all about big flashes and noise.

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Argh … I came across this and started watching it. As I realised what it was, I forced myself to continue beyond my natural responses.
It’s pretty extreme, so view it at your peril.
Makes me considerably less likely to have eye surgery.

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Nina Gordon has created a beautiful version of the massive NWA track Straight Outta Compton.

(Strong language, but what do you expect from NWA)
I love gentle treatments of tracks like this - reminds me of a spoken version of Gin & Juice that I can’t now find the mp3 of (pointers would be well appreciated).
(Originally […]

usnews.com: Tech: Bill Gates’ House
When all of the fuss about Bill Gates’ house was around a few years back - I took a brief look at the photos and wondered what all of the fuss was about. I didn’t realise it was a huge compound as is clear from these drawings.
Square footage, all structures: More […]

A very well know Russian plastic surgeon has had his office broken into and the photos of those he’s operated on have been stolen. Panic ensues.
Plastic Surgeon of Popular Stars Robbed, Sensational Archives Stolen - PRAVDA.Ru
(Written 10 July, 2003 - Just published)

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Christophe Gevrey has taken some great photo’s at the recent G8 protest, they’re not only interesting but really well composed.
[via BoingBoing]
(Originally written 5 June, 2003, now published)

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Lawfare is a new one to me - not being involved with International Politics and all.
It’s the process of attacking a county without firing a bullet, with its thinking originated in China.

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I stumbled on this photo of an amazing roof.
Not sure where it is. Any ideas?
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I’ve been troubled for sometime about the fact that airlines now recycle the air within the air planes, and they have done for about ten years. Prior to that, air was taken from the outside and it would pass through the plane, but this was stopped because it was more expensive than recycling.
It’s significantly […]