Happy holidays

Don't eat too much, enjoy the TV and I hope you get what you deserve (if it's good things).

2007 (ZOOT?) is nearly here.

A rare Tilly

One of a set of three in a rare type of birth.

The other names reflect an earlier story about what's in fashion.

Everyone winding down for Xmas?

Turn it off for Xmas

There's lots of reports around the web relating to a study by Canon about the energy wasted by office equipment left on over the Xmas break. Here's one. They have a point. Even monitors on standby use a few Watts and if you multiply that by a few millions it's considerable.

So give your computer a rest and make sure everything is turned off before you leave next week. Even better, do this every weekend. It all helps cut down on the dreaded CO2.

Have a good one.

Cool bit of music making

Nice little YouTube video of someone who claims not to be able to play drums or piano. He videoed himself playing each note and then sequenced it. Is this the future of music?

Monks of Tashi Lhunpo Monastery

Rating:	★★★
Category:	Other

Something different. Reviewed on my blog

It seems I omitted to mention that they also played flutes made from human leg bones! The dancers also held skullcaps, that I would presume are from people. It must be fun getting that lot through customs.

Sorry I have no pictures, but the batteries ran out on my camera. See link in comment below.

Another social network to play with, and a fun link

Some time ago a company called Orkut set up a social network site (a bit like Multiply). Until now it has always been restricted as you needed someone already on it to send you an invitation. Google bought it a while back and have just opened membership to anyone. In fact, if you already have an account on Gmail you get one with the same name/password on Orkut.

Apparently there are over 34 million people on there! A lot more than Multiply, but I gather that a lot of them are from places like Brazil. I don't know if anyone I know is already on there, but they may be able to find me there now. I've not fully worked out the search options yet.

If you fancy a laugh at others' expense have a look at this video of people trying to beat the rising bollard in Manchester.