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Found a pretty interesting post on ScienceBlogs the other day. Their article shows the state of the ozone layer if we continue with current trends, and the state of the ozone layer had we never striven to limit our use of CFCs, etc. The results are, surprisingly in an article about the environment, encouraging. (Click [ READ MORE ]
Before the iPhone 3G was released and the Apple App Store unveiled, people were performing a process called ‘jailbreaking‘ their iPhones – meaning that they were modifying the iPhone’s internal Operating System in order to install an extra program like Cydia, which could then be used to download extra applications of the user’s choosing to [ READ MORE ]
This week started out with me buying a fair lot of chocolate-y stuff from Sainsbury’s – more so, most likely, than I’ll be able to consume if I want to remain healthy! This week I managed to get both of my practicals finished – yes, that’s right, no annoyingly rushed Week 8 practicals to try and [ READ MORE ]
I thought it must have been a misprint at first… but no, this is the truth. According to Reuters: One in every 31 U.S. adults is in the corrections system, which includes jail, prison, probation and supervision, more than double the rate of a quarter century ago, according to a report released on Monday by the [ READ MORE ]
The TV show 24 started out awesomely – but as with everything on TV, it has gone downhill ever since – don’t get me wrong, it is still very, very watchable – but watching it you get the feeling that very soon it is going to get extremely repetitive. Today I heard that 24 is [ READ MORE ]