the observers hunch

The BBC news website is 10 years old this week . I know I and many others would not know how to live in a world where this invaluable time s...

Wow, I've been busy recently (and ill), work has been hectic what with more telescope time coming our way, conference talks, travel arra...

In a similar vein to the previous video, here is a round up of some videos I have come across recently. First Bill Maher lampooning fundamen...

Crooksandliars had this video up as a celebration of the comics 70 th birthday. Being British I have no idea who George Carlin is, but he ...

If you're interested in optical illusions head over here , where they have the finalists from the "Best Visual Illusion Of The Year...

Bear Grylls has been at it again, this time paragliding around Mt Everest (the picture is from a practice in the Alps I think), the full st...

For those who like a bit of schadenfreude, like for instance seeing celebrities as they actually are, check out this site . Its great, its ...

The prize for the dumbest invention of the week goes to: The Mayo Clinic. This remarkable invention is basically a treadmill strapped to a d...

To continue the theme of stealing posts from my brother, here is another one that could (if I can be bothered) run and run. If you were born...

Due to unforeseen circumstances, I was forced to watch the godawful Eurovision on Saturday night, surrounded mostly by a bunch of drunk as...

In order to manage a post today I'm afraid I'm going to shamelessly steal some jokes, if you have a facebook account feel free to v...

After the silliness of the last few posts I think its about time to turn to weightier matters. In this case which Serenity character I am mo...

Ever wondered how sea level rises due to Global Warming could reshape countries? Well you damn well should have. Anyway, check out this coo...

Rich has a post on his blog about a map of London made just after the great fire of 1666, the map itself is pretty cool as you'll find ...

CNN has an interesting article on the best paying professions in the US, well its interesting if you're in my line of work, here is the...

I've just come across a huge bunch of great bumper stickers. Check them out here . My favourites are below. Now all I need is a car, dam...

More great cartoons from Joy Of Tech.

Click For Big. Its funny because its true. I know that plenty of people have it in for Macs and I'll probably get a snide comment or tw...

I've recently come across another cool website, this one is a click-able map of the moon. You can find it at inconstantmoon.com what ma...

I came across this cool bit of astronomy software the other day. There seems to be two versions about sky-map.org and wikisky.org . They se...