Technology, Books and Other Neat Stuff

Here's some footage of yesterday's implosion of the Stardust in Las Vegas.



Serious fireworks...

(Looks like I need to make some changes to this story snippet, as I was expecting a daylight implosion. This way I get to do sunrise over the Paris and a slow reveal on the tower...)

Desert mountains from the air, flying into the setting sun

Arizona
March 2007

marypcb sat in a natural amphitheatre at the bottom of the Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon, Arizona
March 2007

Helicopters leaving a high desert refuelling stop, and flying off into the sunset.

The folk at the GizmoProject (a Skype alternative) have just put up a site for sending SMS texts to mobile phones in many different countries.

It's a bit on the slow side (so probably not for urgent messages), but it looks as though it's a good alternative to some of the more expensive methods out there, even if the CAPTCHAs mean you can't automate the process...