“Knight Rider” (1982) – Trivia: http://imdb.com/title/tt0083437/trivia “According to Brandon Tartikoff, the head of programming at NBC during the 1980s, the inspiration for the series came about when NBC executives started complaining about the problems of casting handsome leading men in TV series, because many of them couldn’t act. Tartikoff and his assistant came up with [...]
Interstellar Ark :: Strange Paths: http://strangepaths.com/interstellar-ark/2007/02/14/en/ Fascinating maths and theoretical physics behind what might be done, and what is patently not going to happen (given our current level of understanding) in terms of interstellar exploration. Well worth a leisurely viewing. On a side note, this might be the first case of accurate maths on /. [...]
After getting my new camera bag, I sold my old one (thanks Andrew !) and got this tripod with the proceeds. Looking at the PDF on the UK distributors site (trust me: you don’t want to bother with the manufacturers site) they indicate that it’s not suitable for SLRs when using long lenses, but the [...]
Marksman Called In To Kill Kingstons Pigeons (from Surrey Comet): http://www.surreycomet.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.1039169.0.marksman_called_in_to_kill_kingstons_pigeons.php Uninspiring article, amazing comments: don’t read them whilst drinking any sort of liquid unless you want to buy a new keyboard… [Via Scary Duck, a wholly inappropriate site. Wonderful.]
Since my last camera bag review seemed to generate so much interest, here’s another one ! Things have changed quite a bit in the last 17 months, and the main issue with my original Lowepro is that it’s no longer large enough for a day out with my family: the primary problem being that my [...]