Glass Wings Blog: July 2006
Pizzicato Five
Sun, 2 Jul 2006 23:13:03 +0900
"Yukihiko YOSHIDA" <yukihiko [at] s6.dion.ne.jp>
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Roots of human family tree are shallow
Mon, 3 Jul 2006 10:54:10 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
By MATT CRENSON, AP National Writer Sat Jul 1, 5:17 PM ET
Whoever it was probably lived a few thousand years ago, somewhere in East
Asia — Taiwan, Malaysia and Siberia all are likely locations. He — or she —
did nothing more remarkable than be born, live, have children and die.
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World eBook Fair
Fri, 7 Jul 2006 12:02:00 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
From: Dennis Allison <
allison@shasta.stanford.edu>
Date: July 6, 2006 12:17:07 PM EDT
The World eBook Fair is Sponsored by the World eBook Library Consortia
and Project Gutenberg
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Adelaide bound
Fri, 7 Jul 2006 17:23:06 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
Exciting news! I have just accepted a position as IT Manager for Rocksoft
in Adelaide, and will be starting work there on Monday 10 July 2006.
Muse and the cats will be joining me in Adelaide after she finishes
teaching her course in writing for computer games at Victoria University
in mid-August and we'll be renting out our house in Croydon until we return
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10,000th message!
Fri, 7 Jul 2006 17:57:25 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
Wow - after 12 years, this mailing list (and now blog) has just made it
to five digits! Yes, this is the 10,000th message.
Here's to another 10,000 messages!
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The Pig and the Box
Sat, 15 Jul 2006 15:29:51 +0930
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://dustrunners.blogspot.com/2006/07/pig-and-box.html
The Pig and the Box is about a pig who finds a magic box that can
replicate anything you put into it. The pig becomes so protective of it,
and so suspicious of anyone that wants to use it, that he makes people
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Fawlty Towers gets a four-star facelift
Sat, 15 Jul 2006 15:31:42 +0930
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://travel.guardian.co.uk/hotels/story/0,,1819989,00.html
Check into the Hotel Gleneagles in Torbay these days and you will no
longer be confronted with out-of-date kippers or senile Majors. For
despite inspiring cult TV comedy series Fawlty Towers, the property has
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It's a maze Jim, but not as we know it
Sat, 15 Jul 2006 15:33:28 +0930
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/14072006/325/s-maze-jim-know.html
LONDON (Reuters) - A British fan of the cult TV show "Star Trek" has
boldly gone where no man has gone before and created a giant maize maze
dedicated to the programme.
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50 animated shorts from the national film board of Canada
Sun, 16 Jul 2006 10:56:50 +0930
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
Fifty NFB animated shorts, including several animation classics, can be
accessed directly from this section. You can search them by title,
director and year of production.
http://www.nfb.ca/animation/objanim/en/films/
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Geeknerd Zen
Sat, 22 Jul 2006 01:18:11 +0930
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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White Darth Vader
Mon, 31 Jul 2006 15:31:15 +0930
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
Amusing discussion on white Darth Vader costumes - note especially the
photoshopped "Hello Kitty" Vader!
http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13343#18
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