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Chris Jefferies
Please visit my homepage at http://chris.scilla.org.uk/ for a brief introduction and some more links.
Offord d'Arcy (day) - Brief notes only - http://jesus.scilla.org.uk/2009...
Eaton Ford - Floyd's camels - http://jesus.scilla.org.uk/2009...
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Awesome video, great music, astonishing machine - http://blog.scilla.org.uk/2009...
Cell Size and Scale - http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content...
An amazing sliding scale from the coffee bean right down to the water molecule with many interesting objects in between. This is a brilliant bit of work from the University of Utah.
- Chris Jefferies
Colworth (CU) - Julia Fisher - http://jesus.scilla.org.uk/2009...
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Must-see NASA figures compare 2009 to the two hottest years on record: 2005 and 2007 « Climate Progress - http://climateprogress.org/2009...
The climate deniers still persist, but this post will make it slightly harder for them.
- Chris Jefferies
Virgin Galactic’s Space-Grazing Aircraft Is Ready for Liftoff | Magazine - http://www.wired.com/magazin...
A glimpse of SpaceShipTwo under construction, due for rollout on 7th December 2009.
- Chris Jefferies
Spaceflight Now | Breaking News | Martian meteorite surrenders new secrets of possible life - http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news...
This is really very, very interesting. The Allen Hills Meteorite may contain evidence for life on Mars in the early days of the Solar System. There's every reason to be cautious, but no reason to reject the idea either.
- Chris Jefferies
Eaton Ford (day) - People in ordinary life - http://jesus.scilla.org.uk/2009...
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The Space Review: Space tourism is no hoax - http://www.thespacereview.com/article...
This is an interesting and well thought out reply to a commentary suggesting that space tourism is not possible. In fact it was entitled 'Space Tourism is a Hoax'.
- Chris Jefferies
Little Paxton - - http://jesus.scilla.org.uk/2009...
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The building where I first worked for Unilever is about to be pulled down. It will be replaced with something new and better. Goodbye 'Library Building', the end of an era!
SPACE.com -- Jeff Bezos' Secretive Rocket Program Picks Science Projects - http://www.space.com/news...
More detail is emerging of Blue Origins development work.
- Chris Jefferies
Bezos' secretive rocket project gives hint of future plans - http://www.techflash.com/seattle...
Blue Origin is another of the space technology companies in the USA, private enterprise is beginning to work alongside government funded space development. NASA is diverting some funding to buying private enterprise solutions. Outsourcing in space?
- Chris Jefferies
BBC News - Flood defence scheme completed - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1...
Flood defences in Eaton Ford, St Neots are now complete.
- Chris Jefferies
BBC News - Global warming science alarming, say climate experts - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1...
Yet another climate warning from prestigious scientific bodies. The evidence for global warming is undeniable, and so is the evidence for human activity being the major cause.
- Chris Jefferies
VMware: Workstation Zealot: Google Chrome OS running on VMware Workstation!!! - http://blogs.vmware.com/worksta...
Google's Chrome OS is now available in a virtual machine. Excellent news for anyone wishing to give it an early try.
- Chris Jefferies
Withings - Withings - The WiFi Scale (weight, BMI, fat mass & lean mass) - Home - http://www.withings.com/
An interesting idea. You step on the scales, they turn on, measure your weight, send it via W-Fi to a website where the data is processed and presented as a set of graphs against time - weight, body fat, BMI etc. Neat!
- Chris Jefferies
The coming of the electric car - http://blog.scilla.org.uk/2009...
Today I have been mostly decorating the lounge, it's changing from a pale minty green to 'Natural Hessian'.
St Neots (Open Door small group) - say cheese! - http://jesus.scilla.org.uk/2009...
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New Scilla homepage launched! - http://sites.google.com/site...
Audio, Image, HTML, PDF file converters and other software by CoolUtils - http://www.coolutils.com/
CoolUtils provides software for manipulating files of all kinds (images, PDFs, MS Office, etc. It also provides truly handy online conversion for many file types.
- Chris Jefferies
Sally Ann Forsyth, director for Colworth Science Park | Q10: Talking Heads - http://www.businessweekly.co.uk/2009111...
Business Weekly article on Colworth Science Park.
- Chris Jefferies
Microsoft Shows Off Silverlight 4, IE9 Plans - InternetNews.com - http://www.internetnews.com/dev-new...
IE9? Already? Yes, Microsoft have already begun work on the next version of their web browser and are saying that already after three weeks work they have made significant speed increases. Silverlight 4 is much more advanced, now in public beta.
- Chris Jefferies
NASA, Microsoft want you to help research Mars - http://blog.seattlepi.com/microso...
NASA is to use crowdsourcing to accelerate the processing of Mars data. Microsoft is providing the data centres and their Azure platform. The public provide the eyes and brain power to match images.
- Chris Jefferies
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