Technology, Books and Other Neat Stuff

• Mon, 12:08: Here’s @marypcbuk working on the tube for #awexperiment (@anywhere_work) http://t.co/fLVstY7T
• Mon, 14:20: ZDNet blog post: Home-brew hackers cook up Europe's return to the Moon http://t.co/rLECZnrH #zdnet
• Mon, 14:41: You know you're in a trendy London hotel when two men walk past carrying a glass case full of die-cast VW combis.
• Mon, 16:52: For folk in the US, a new ZDNet blog post: Home-brew hackers cook up Europe's return to the Moon http://t.co/cC4mytuI #zdnet
• Mon, 17:04: Evening Thistle http://t.co/nkQZJHTo
• Mon, 17:18: RT @DarrenGoldsmith: For the evening crowd: Time flies! A year ago with @ThomasDolby at the Royal Festival Hall: http://t.co/gYbVS8e4
• Mon, 17:25: RT @marypcbuk: talking of things written on the road; well over 50% of our book http://t.co/00DTKJD6 was written while we were travellin ...
• Mon, 20:39: RT @GlenHiemstra: At last! Algae biofuel production! http://t.co/WJFmVbec
• Mon, 20:49: RT @mbrit: Will these Banksy pieces make it through the Olympics? http://t.co/CQUgQhfF
• Mon, 20:55: @gchiemingo Sounds delicious!

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Sometimes you're in the right place at the right time, with a camera pointing the right way.

Standing on the cliffs of Palos Verdes, I watched a red-tailed hawk speeding to and from its nest, hunting for lizards and the like to feed its chicks. It moved fast, a swept wing bullet in the sky. But I did manage to capture one shot, as I tracked the bird along the cliff face with a 300mm lens.

If I'd been prey it would have been the last thing I saw...


The Rabbit's Eye View
Palos Verdes, California
May 2012