The shock doctrine

Shuttle launch

Here is a couple of amazing photos of a shuttle launching from Cape Canaveral taken from the ISS:

http://zinzi.us/?q=node/747

A day in the life of a rubber duck

Here is a really cool story about a flotilla of rubber ducks lost at sea :)

Beautiful creatures

http://www.guardian.co.uk/japan/story/0,,2105676,00.html

The amazing thing about this, is that it was born measuring 1.8m

Edinburgh Marathon

I ran the Edinburgh last weekend. The conditions were pretty bad for running, there was quite a strong wind coming off the coast and very changeable conditions. I even got sun-burnt!

Anyway, after my accident a couple of days before (I hit a car with my bike and cut my leg), I was only just fit enough to run.

With my excuses in early, here are the results (to find mine quickly, my bib number was 1070):

http://www.edinburgh-marathon.com/?past-results

Beginnerling

I've started this blog in order to share things that with people that I have found on the internet.

So I'll start with this (voice over by Carl Sagan, music by Mogwai):
http://www.palebluefilms.com/