09 December 2003

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Warning of population surge. The UN says if fertility levels go unchecked the world's population will be an unfeasible 134 trillion in 2300. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] Good news for property prices, then. 12:58:36 PM    comment()

Hippie Hobbit House. The "Mushroom House" is a hippie house in Whistler, BC, built in the style of a Led-Zeppelin-album-cover Hobbit House. Link (Thanks, Glen!) [Boing Boing Blog] 12:44:41 PM    comment()

Charlie Chaplin Research Foundation These were the guys that proved Goldbach's Custard Pie Postulate, and also showed that the number of ways to kick a comedy policeman up the bum and run away is provably finite. Download the distributed computing client and play a part in discovering the optimal set of speed, skid and corner radius parameters for a lovable hobo clown on the run. Fascinating. 10:36:16 AM    comment()

Here's a new thing to worry about Fear of new things shortens life [New Scientist] 12:17:33 AM    comment()

Blessed are the amplified me(ish) points to The Knowledge, where there is some interesting background on the megaphone preacher bloke who I've seen a few times around Oxford Street/TCR. 12:03:08 AM    comment()