I’ve been looking around at a number of blogs lately, and those which have the most impact invariably use custom built templates. Some political blogs get away with being successful whilst having standard templates, but in recent “Battle of the Blogs” contests at Blog Explosion I have lost badly. I fail to see how I [...]

I’ve just got back from a business trip to Texas. It was over 100°F (38°C) most of the time I was there. I’ve never experienced a day to day existence of moving from one air conditioned environment to another whilst feeling like you’re in an oven walking to the car from the hotel, from the [...]

While surfing around for inspiration – which I do mostly on other blogs – I am more often than not tempted to post on those blogs, in context, rather than steal an idea and rehash it here. So, rather than write a post of my thoughts today, I thought I’d link to my thoughts in [...]

I believe this game was invented by Gran’s on Bran. I found it on Knee. Usually a blog about having complex knee surgery, it’s also part of the Blog Explosion “community” and as such gets drawn into these blog trends as do I. But why not, it’s fun! Rules If you want to participate, leave [...]

An interesting idea is doing the rounds in the press at the moment. Around 13,000 years ago (in the Late Pleistocene period) there were a number of extinctions of large mammals in North America. A team from Cornell University proposes to reintroduce large mammals into southwestern ranches. They may start with Asian asses (don’t search [...]

I finally finished the walls of the bathroom last night. Getting home from work and hitting the paint cans straight away was difficult, but the advantage is that I was able to have a quick shower before work today. So today I should be able to function correctly at the office before 11am. All that [...]

They’re thinking about terraforming Mars. Apparently, molecules which cause a rise in the greenhouse effect could be used on Mars to allow the Martian atmosphere to keep more heat, and hence start to become a haven for life. Octafluoropropane is the gas which could do the trick. Suzie (pictured) thinks that’s all a load of [...]

I found this on Isn’t it a strange world we live in. It’s a list of things to write about someone who comments on your blog. Since Tina took the time to answer for me, I’m posting her answers (in italics) and the same challenge goes out to anyone else who comments on this post. [...]