Monthly Archive for January, 2008

DoBeDo ToDo Widget

DoBeDo ToDo Widget. A genuinely great to-do manager that works with iCal. This is genuinely great because I am genuinely in need of some serious help shrinking my to-do list.

Divers in Silfra




Divers in Silfra

Originally uploaded by stebbisveins.

I don’t often post other people’s photos in this site, but something about this one really captures me. The combination of colour, composition and the otherworldly nature of the shot draws me in and make me want to be there. For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to go to Iceland. However, I don’t think that scuba-diving in Iceland has ever really crossed my mind. I bet that water was really cold.

Mount Everest climber Sir Edmund Hillary dead at 88

After reading a few books on Mount Everest and watching a couple of great documentaries Sir Edmund had had become quite the hero to me. Compared to the equipment that modern climbers and how difficult they still find it to climb Everest, it is almost unthinkable that Hillary and Norgay were able to accomplish what they did. Mount Everest climber Sir Edmund Hillary dead at 88 [Via CBC | World News.]

Exploring the Massive, Viscous Oil Blob That Lies Just Beneath the Streets of Greenpoint — New York Magazine

I can’t think of an article title that could be anymore self-explanatory . Exploring the Massive, Viscous Oil Blob That Lies Just Beneath the Streets of Greenpoint — New York Magazine