Cloud Shapes: http://pic1.funtigo.com/valuca/?g=25544746&cr=1 Some amazing pictures here (page will take a while to render though) that make UFO stories so much more understandable. Assuming I haven’t been duped by excessive Photoshoppery: the ship heading towards the storm is something straight out of a special effects department. [Via John Nack]
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Unsigned band make chart history: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6260995.stm Number 31. Now I might just have to find out what they sound like, but to be honest that secondary to what they’ve done: “Murphy added that they had been contacted by a number of big record labels, including one who recently turned them [...]
Azarhi Software: http://www.azarhi.com/Projects/DSW/ What a useful program: found in the comments to a hint on MacOSXHints, this Preference Pane allows applications to be triggered on disc mounts and unmounts. Great for launching backup software, such as iBackup when I insert my 1GB USB stick, so one further click will copy all my most essential passwords [...]
Sleep. Very nice. What was nicer was waking up in time to go and look for Comet McNaught and actually finding it in time, although I missed out on a better photograph due to running home to get my camera gear and the kids into their wellies to come and see it with me. Colours [...]
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Unsigned band set to crash charts: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6248535.stm Unsigned, and tipped to make the UK Top 40: not without plenty of hard work (500 live shows), but with a cracking quote: “If someone comes along and gives us an offer, we’ll talk to them. But it depends whether we need it. [...]