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Tory Bear T-shirt: Who is Dan Han?
Read more: Tory Bear T-shirt: Who is Dan Han?Evoking “Who is John Galt?” a phrase popularised by the cult novel “Atlas Shrugged”, Tory Bear makes available a new T-shirt: “Who is Dan Han?”: Tory Bear – right-wing political gossip: Who is Dan Han?. Get yours here.
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Man, 97, completes 120mph skydive
Read more: Man, 97, completes 120mph skydiveA 97-year-old man from Dorset is believed to have become Britain’s oldest skydiver after jumping out of a plane at 10,000ft (3,048m). George Moyse, who will celebrate his 98th birthday on Wednesday, landed safely on Salisbury Plain in…
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We’re in danger of entering a new Dark Age – Telegraph
Read more: We’re in danger of entering a new Dark Age – TelegraphAs I was saying to Beth only the other day after reading Roche*: Distracted by celebrity, softened up by the education system, we have also succumbed to what you could call intellectual relativism. We have reached a state…
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This morning: a 10k walk on Rossbrand’s loipe
Read more: This morning: a 10k walk on Rossbrand’s loipeRossbrand 19, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker. Excellent views: poor visibility. Few good photos.
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Cuil – The World’s Biggest Search Engine
Read more: Cuil – The World’s Biggest Search EngineFrom a team including ex-Google staff, an alternative search engine: Rather than rely on superficial popularity metrics, Cuil searches for and ranks pages based on their content and relevance. When we find a page with your keywords, we…
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Feasible Easter skiing?
Read more: Feasible Easter skiing?Wanderung 37, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker. The runs in this shot are presently closed, but covered in snow, horrible melting snow. If the temperature drops and a little snow falls, an Easter ski here may yet be feasible.
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Austrian wood stack
Read more: Austrian wood stackWoodstack 8, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker. Found a wood stack facing the sun and attempted to produce some shots suitable for desktop backgrounds.
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Gordon Brown, the G20, hyperinflation and economic incompetence
Read more: Gordon Brown, the G20, hyperinflation and economic incompetenceGordon Brown promises increased economic intervention by the G20, including sales of gold reserves, and the emergence of “a new world order”: Janet Daley looks for comfort: Gordon Brown has announced – in his best portentous tones – that the G20…
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Altenmarkt to Radstadt, the long way
Read more: Altenmarkt to Radstadt, the long wayA worthwhile drive: View Larger Map