A charming revelation on ytmnd.

θmg = ωtF

Although, in explaining it the creator stated g (acceleration due to gravity) was measured in meters per second (m/s) which is a velocity. It’s obviously an acceleration (m/s^2). However, the mistake was made on both sides of the equation, so the revelation is basically still correct. (I’ll stop being pedantic now.)

I’m not the best fan of the Harry Potter books, but I couldn’t help but notice the fact that the final book (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) is available on the Pirate Bay. After glancing through it, i’m not sure what amuses me more, the supposed $20 million that Bloomsbury Publishing spent on keeping the final book secret, or the fact that the person who got hold of the book has taken individual photos of 392 pages. In true pirate style, some of the pages also have a few fingers included.

The last word is “well”, not scar. I wasn’t aware that J.K. Rowling changed her mind on it either, not such a big deal I suppose.

The rough planning for the Northern Europe trip is finally finished, the destinations are currently: Dieppe, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Groningen, Odense, Copenhaven, Stockholm, Turku, Helsinki, Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius, Warsaw, Berlin. All in 22 days. Going to be much fun, although quite a rush, especially when we realise we only have a day left on the ticket to get home.

Still need to book some ferrys and get an interrail ticket yet.
I’m quite glad we decided on travelling through the baltic states. Although they will all be by bus, as the train networks there aren’t fully established, i’m still looking forward to it.

I happened upon a link to Micheal Moore’s newest propaganda installment yesterday on Google videos (via Waxy). I didn’t plan on watching the whole thing, but I found Moore’s approach to highlighting the problem in US health-care programs quite enjoyable to watch. I couldn’t help feeling slightly sorry for the poor situation he describes for our associates over the pond. The argument against insurance companies was particularly moving, and Moore invited many personal stories about rejected treatments from companies. This did introduce the worrying, but true aspect that these companies are there to make money before help people.

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East Dean.

After taking this photo and cleaning it up in Photoshop I thought I might have a quick try at the ‘fake tilt shift’ model effect using a few filters.

First day of new job today, it is irritating that it’s paying for rent, for accomodation I currently have no use for. It would be nice to be able to use the money for something else. Boo for silly 12 month house contracts.

I’ve spent a fair bit of time over the last few days playing around with Photoshop and CSS to make the basis of the new site design. The footer is far from finished, which is obvious glancing at the bottom of the page.

Hopefully it will all be completed by the end of the week. It would be nice anyway.