‘Europe’ Archives
For some reason this has Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy written all over it. Oh and thank you for the fish.
Gizmodo - Repair work on the Large Hadron Collider is making serious progress, with a test run of particle beams already completed. Scientists are hoping to attempt full world-ending experiments next month. The results of that first test, a run of particle beams through the 17-mile tunnel, showed the machine in perfect working order. The [...]
CERN researcher arrested for links to al Qaeda and possible plot to destroy the Earth
BBC - The 32-year-old man of Algerian descent was one of two brothers detained in the south-east town of Vienne on Thursday. Police believe they had been in contact over the internet with people linked to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, and had been planning attacks in France. Cern's Large Hadron Collider is aiming to recreate conditions of [...]
Guinness celebrates 250 years of getting sloshed, losing your car keys, telling too many people you love them and eventually passing out in the alley next to your car, waiting for a relative to come get you
Star - IRISH brewer Arthur Guinness created the drink, aged 27, in 1752. He began brewing the black stuff at a small base in Leixlip, County Kildare, before moving operations to the now famous St James Gate brewery in Dublin. He took out a 9,000-year lease at £45 annually on the city site – and it’s still used today as a museum [...]
Presidential Gift to British Prime Minister = Fail
Telegraph.co.uk - Alas, when the PM settled down to begin watching them the other night, he found there was a problem. The films only worked in DVD players made in North America and the words "wrong region" came up on his screen. Although he mournfully had to put the popcorn away, he is unlikely to jeopardise the special relationship – or [...]
Scenes from the recession.
Boston.com - The state of our global economy: foreclosures, evictions, bankruptcies, layoffs, abandoned projects, and the people and industries caught in the middle. It can be difficult to capture financial pressures in photographs, but here a few recent glimpses into some of the places and lives affected by what some are calling the "Great [...]
China angry at Britain for “stealing” artifacts 150 years ago; takes number, waits behind Greece, Italy, Egypt
BBC News - The strong statement said China did not recognize the 31m euro (£28m, $39m) sale of the bronze rat and rabbit. It also ordered tighter checks on artifacts that Christie's auction house takes into or out of China. The bronzes were sold as part of the estate of late French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent. Source
Option announces uCAN remote data access for iCON USB modems
Engadget - Fresh from Barcelona, the wireless modem gurus at Option have announced their new uCAN software platform. To be implemented across the entire iCON modem lineup, the software allows users to run applications (such as Open Office) from their USB modem and interact directly with documents situated on their workstation at home. You can [...]
Thieves steal thousands of dollers worth of scallops. How shellfish of them
They were stolen from a protected area of Loch Sligachan where a farmer had exclusive rights. David Oakes, from Sconser, has now offered a £1000 reward for information leading to a successful prosecution. He said: "A lot of the top restaurants want the really big scallops." He added that protected areas attracted thieves because divers [...]
44th President Inauguration Barack Obama
Approximately 2 million watched Barack Obama's Presidential Inauguration on Monday, January 20th. The record crowd crammed into the National Mall composed of the Capitol, White House and Lincoln Memorial. Obama spoke of the resiliency of Americans and the United States of America as it deals with tough economic times, high unemployment rates [...]
