YouTube Gets a New Player – 28 April 2010
I’ve been enjoying some of the many delights of YouTube this evening, and suddenly the old player started changing. In one video I saw, the text showing the current position within the video had...
I’ve been enjoying some of the many delights of YouTube this evening, and suddenly the old player started changing. In one video I saw, the text showing the current position within the video had...
Today marks the 20th Anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope launch. In 1990, the world was a very different place, and we knew oh so little about the skies around us. But this beast...
Today is the 6th April 2010, and this morning at around 11:45, the date for the election was finally officially announced. This morning, Her Majesty was flown by helicopter to Buckingham Palace, and Gordon...
Andrew Burdett wishes all of his readers a very happy Easter!
Today, I went to see Alice in Wonderland in 3D at my local ODEON (though at one stage it looked like I’d never be able to). It cost a couple of quid more to...
On the BBC News Website at the moment, there is the story of a woman who won £56 million in the EuroMillions draw. That kind of vast sum of money is hard to comprehend. So let’s see what exactly that could buy…. I know. Creme Eggs! Assuming that each Creme Egg was 42p, she could buy 23, 520, 000 Creme Eggs. Nice. Then she could not eat a single one until Lent.
There is also the sad, and unfortunate tale of an Olympian hoping to compete at the Vancouver Winter Olympics 2010. He died, whilst practicing the luge for the last time earlier today. Upsetting as it was, I found it hard to avoid thinking it was a little cartoonish. What I mean by that is that all of the following is true:
He was called Nodar
He was from Georgia
He was killed after crashing into a big pole
This has, of course, placed a dark shadow over the rest of the Winter Olympics. But, as the Olympic Chairman said;
“This is a very sad day… Here you have a young athlete who lost his life in pursuing his passion. He had a dream to complete in the Olympic Games, he trained hard. And he had this fatal accident. I have no words”.
– Jacques Rogge
Yesterday (Saturday) marked one month after the earthquake in Haiti. To commemorate all those who lost their lives in the ‘quake, Haiti held a national day of mourning. In it, the president of Haiti, Rene Preval, told mourners
“Haiti will not die, Haiti must not die”.
– Rene Preval
I like that quote, however much truth it carries. It means there is still hope amidst the rubble.
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Anyway, I really must go to bed, but goodnight.
Andrew
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