Technology, Books and Other Neat Stuff

One thing about travelling to the US, is that the avian denizens of North America are very different to the birds we have in the UK.

For example, this is a robin.



Picture taken in San Jose, where the bird kindly posed for me in the city's little central park, opposite the Tech Museum

Not really the tiny little red-breasted creature we're familiar with in Europe.

Other Californian avian moments on this trip included seeing what could only have been California condors slowly circling above the cliffs and mountains of the Big Sur coast, and the strangely flourescent orange safety-jacketed road-side antics of the red-winged blackbirds on the northern edges of San Francisco bay as we drove up to Napa.

Oh, that and what could possible be the best number-plate mount seen yet: "Happiness is biting my parrot back"*

* I am worried that searching Google for the source of such a beast came up with a site full of parrot-related ephemera.

From the "only in Japan" department - Tetra-Pack containers that feel like the fruit which's juice they contain. This is banana, and there are also strawberry, kiwi and tofu (yes, I know, tofu isn't a fruit, but this is  Japan we're talking about, so who can tell?)...



[link found on Gizmodo]

The Empire PoolWembley Arena is a cavernous hall at the best of times, and it must seem monstrous when you're a solo acoustic support for a big name act...

However Daby Touré, a young west-African singer, is managing to grab the audience's attention, with a powerful and spirited performance.

This is one of those days that I'm glad I make an effort to listen to the support act...

[Posted on the road using hblogger on my Treo]

The Empire PoolWembley Arena is a cavernous hall at the best of times, and it must seem monstrous when you're a solo acoustic support for a big name act...

However Daby Touré, a young west-African singer, is managing to grab the audience's attention, with a powerful and spirited performance.

This is one of those days that I'm glad I make an effort to listen to the support act...

[mo better moblogging on my Treo]