Tag Archives: Biospheric
droplets
Left: All the water in the world (1.4087 billion cubic kilometres of it) including sea water, ice, lakes, rivers, ground water, clouds, etc. Right: All the air in the atmosphere (5140 trillion tonnes of it) gathered into a ball at … more…
I Am Making a Difference (Ftrain.com)
Rather than purchasing goods made by overseas laborers—who are often forced to work in unsafe conditions for low wages—I have kidnapped and enslaved a group of neighborhood children and chained them to a bench in my garage, where they make … more…
Inside the Hollow Earth « strange maps
strange maps has an interesting historical run-down, very light on the linkage, but easily remedied by pointing Wikipedia at “hollow earth“. I might have posted on this subject while I was reading the relevant passage in Against the Day, but … more…
Live from Jamaica throughout Hurricane Dean
Streaming from Kingston JA: Radio on Go – Jamaica :: Power 106 FM 10:14 p.m. Live Jamaican radio – Power 106-FM in Kingston is still broadcasting.. How? The station must have a generator. I asked Lou Jacobs to explain: How … more…
links for 2007-02-27: unchopping a tree
teaching stories: unchopping a tree “Start with the leaves, the small twigs, and the nests that have been shaken, ripped, or broken off by the fall; these must be gathered and attached once again to their respective places. It is … more…
Neal Pollack — Science Friday
I hadn’t visited Neal Pollack’s site in I really don’t know how long. Found a link in Ye Old Blogrolle, and yes, he’s still doing the business. Recently, Neal Pollack and son have been brainstorming on cosmology: Elijah in the … more…
Bush eases US logging restrictions
Bush eases US logging restrictions “its a fine balance between people expressing themselves and preventing US citizens from enacting common sense” Latest bit of ‘corporate criminal, who me?’ from the WMPC: in an effort to control the forest fires that … more…
Dome pollution spreads to water
Dome pollution spreads to water – just when you thought the Millennium Dome fiasco had run its course, it turns out that the concrete membrane that was supposed to seal off the profoundly toxic ground on which the Dome was … more…