Mmm...huggy bear sounds like a grunge version of the Dresden Dolls. And no, I can't explain that either
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Mmm...huggy bear sounds like a grunge version of the Dresden Dolls. And no, I can't explain that either
This blog may be defunct, but is full of links to intriguing academic papers, vaguely around complex systems. Something for the next time I'm feeling bored...
Journalists and other political types being disappeared in Pakistan
The sleep-deprived Japanese have found a cure for nodding off at inappropriate times. The "nap alarm", a device fixed to an ear, buzzes the moment the wearer's head nods forward.
If I can't get away with 'Allo Allo remade in Kirkuk, how about Casablanca in Umm Qasr?
UK Watch is aiming to become a British Znet. With Mil Rai, Eric Herring, and assorted other small-world worthies. Looks like a bandwaggon I should be jumping on.
The downside to the Ramadi inkspottery, injuries and deaths that will keep grinding so long as the Americans are in the cities:
"My latrines took two 60 millimeter mortars, my shower trailer has been disabled by 80 millimeter mortars, and it's not uncommon for us to pick pieces of shrapnel from the side of building,"
High-ranking British officers in Afghanistan say they need more air power to assist ground troops, who are facing increasing violence. (BBC)
This balance between air and ground power has serious political and humanitarian consequences - I just wish I was enough of a military geek to think it all through.
The US thinks it is on-target with training Iraqi troops, yada yada yada. But reminded me of the sheer numbers: they want 325,000 people in the security forces, in a population of 25 million or so. That's significantly more than the size of the British army, even though our population is more than twice as great and we do the whole 'ageing empire' thing.
With megawatts of power coursing through his body, he discharges his surplus energy by playing high voltage rock 'n' roll with his electric guitar. He spends his days looking for lost lizards in the alleyways of Tokyo, and his nights fighting the reptilian part of his brain that is making him increasingly violent. A shadowy figure named Thunderbolt Buddha soon surfaces and begins following Dragon Eye about town.