Browsing all posts in June, 2008.

Story of Stuff

I rather informative, spiffy, and entertaining video of where stuff comes from and where it goes.

Togs to Undies

After years of beaches with European Speedos I just can’t resist… UPDATE: I always wondered at the slang term in the video “budgie smuggler”. On a recent trip to Africa I figured out what a budgie is… a friend of mine introduced me to his pet Australian parakeet, also known as a budgie.  You do [...]

Being Green

I’m opening up a new topic category called ‘The Blue Planet’.  Though very late in coming, environmental awareness has been growing in the western subconscious in recent years, and being green is no longer just the domain of tree-hugging hippies or nay-saying scientists.  My original university education is in Environmental Biology, and conservation has always [...]