Imploding the Stardust

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...)

Sunset Ranges

Sunset Ranges
Originally uploaded by sbisson.

Desert mountains from the air, flying into the setting sun

Arizona
March 2007

Canyon Amphitheatre

Canyon Amphitheatre
Originally uploaded by sbisson.

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

Grand Canyon, Arizona
March 2007

One of those Apocalypse Now moments.

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

Web site of the day: free SMS from Gizmo

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...