A few wow links …

Technical innovative excellence, emotionally provocative, what are google doing now – and Donald Rumsfeld.  Take your pick below …

First up, watch the amazing Johnny Lee use a £25 wii remote to make an electronic whiteboard. I’ve shown this to my bro-in-law, Alessio Bernadelli who is a physics teacher, and he’s going to be demonstrating it at the Institute of Physics. Anyway, here it is:

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/245

Next up, what are you doing with your life and how are you feeling today?If you have 11 minutes and can put up with the intro from Opra, listen to this academic give his last, moving lecture…

http://video.stumbleupon.com/#p=ithct48cqw

Penultimately, did you know that Google can now serarch tomorrow’s news too?

 http://www.google.com.au/intl/en/gday/index.html

Last and most definitely least, did you catch these Donald Rumsfeld quotes of the decade?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/player/nol/newsid_7350000/newsid_7357300?redirect=7357322.stm&news=1&nbram=1&nbwm=1&bbram=1&bbwm=1 

 

I have the bridge, number one …

Here’s an interesting thing …  We’ve had a bit of nasty flu etc going around the family this week, and the last three days have by necessity seen me taking to the captain’s position in the kitchen.  Normally, I play second fiddle and do what I’m told, as the hours I work etc mean I’m normally very much a passer-through.

But I’ve loved it and its taken me back years to when I used to do a lot of baking etc. I had also completely forgotten what a kitchen control freak I was and how my sink and worktops must remain clear and disinfected at all times, lol.

Maybe its subconsciously because I know its only temporary – but there is something incredibly fulfilling about feeding and looking after everyone, a tremendous sense of value and satisfaction in just keeping them all going – in a way that merely getting money into the bank account doesn’t quite achieve.  And another funny thing – I find the dishwasher a complete waste of time and nuch prefer to do it by hand …

Well, in the morning, I shall have to hand things over again – but its been great and I’ll miss it!