Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Russians weddings are fun

let's try that some day at the first wedding we're all invited to.

World in Conflict - GIMME GIMME GIMME!

Coming somewhere this year... Trailer: HD link: linkywinky BETA in-game And I'll probably need one or two of those.

Monday, August 20, 2007

10 Underreported Stories

No.4 CONGO’S STILL-RAVAGED STATE

Although the Democratic Republic of Congo received some attention this year for holding its first free elections in four decades, the war-torn country — where nearly four million people have died as a result of the conflict since 1998 — is still home to one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. Congo is plagued by malnutrition, malaria and other largely preventable conditions that kill 1,200 people a day — a death toll, as UNICEF points out, that is the equivalent of suffering a 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami every six months. More children die in Congo before reaching their fifth birthday than in China, a country with 23 times the population.

All 10 stories...

I'm sick of all the online ads

I never click or read online ads, but they still use some part of my screen and bandwith. Some sites have become impossible to read because of ads. Today I decided to remove all ads on the internet by using this firefox add-on. It works just great! My internet is ad free!

Bearforce1

A dutch band, wearing rainbowboys-look-a-like shirts, calling themself Bearforce1. Is this the new rainbowboys.org themesong?
a behind the scenes videoclip and their website

Private Parking...

The Enemies of Reason

What have New Age, astrology, 9/11 conspiracies in common? Most of you lot already know the answer, but none of them are rational.
"Apparently harmless but utterly irrational belief systems from astrology to New Age mysticism, clairvoyance to alternative health remedies are booming. Richard Dawkins confronts what he sees as an epidemic of irrational, superstitious thinking...
He explains the dangers the pick and mix of knowledge and nonsense poses in the internet age, and passionately re-states the case for reason and science."
Episode 1 of 2: Slaves to Superstition
Annom edit: Richard Dawkins: An atheist's call to arms: