UK Cabinet Office National Risk Register Posted on August 15, 2008 by Robin Reply The UK government has put up a site detailing what it thinks are the largest risks to the UK. Surprisingly, terrorism and other general fear mongering isn’t really up there – it’s more about natural events, which sounds realistic to me.
5min Posted on August 15, 2008 by Robin Reply A collection of how to, instructional and DIY videos %u2013 Life Videopedia – all the videos are short and to my surprise so far they all seem well shot and instructed
Transparent coating repels water Posted on August 15, 2008 by Robin Reply The coating causes water to bead up into drops and roll or bounce off a surface, can be applied by spraying, spinning or dipping and allows you to determine the path which the droplets take when they roll off. This is extremely usefull to prevent icing on aircraft (which is extremely dangerous) but also to collect water in arid areas such as deserts for drinking.
Animated favicons Posted on August 15, 2008 by Robin Reply little gif animated favicons (the icons that live next to the URL) work in Firefox!
Arctic ice refuses to melt as ordered Posted on August 15, 2008 by Robin Reply I can’t put it any better than el Reg can. Apparently the arctic ice has actually grown by 30% since August 2007.
