If your web browser is capable of drawing 3G objects then it is possible to summon up a lovely romantic heart from Google. This isn’t really a heart. It’s a graph that looks like a heart. If you’re curious the formula to make this graph is this; 5+?(-sqrt(?1-?x^?2-?(y-?abs(?x))^?2))*?cos(?30*?(1-?x^?2-?(y-?abs(?x))^?2)) Look like hard work? You can just […]
Could asteroid 2012 DA14 hit Earth?
On Thursday a meteor passed through clear skies above Chelyabinsk in Russia. The breakup caused fireballs and a shockwave that blasted windows. Hundreds of people have been injured. On Friday the 15th the asteroid 2012 DA14 will pass Earth in an unprecedentedly close approach path. It is half the size of a football pitch. There […]
Most Haunted back in 2013
There’s been rumours of Most Haunted returning to TV ever since Most Haunted went away. However, the re-runs keep running and that seems to show the value in the series. Now it looks like Most Haunted might be back and it will happen this year. The news comes from the closed Facebook group Access All […]
Grumpy cat Valentines
This post goes out to everyone who’s had a bad Valentine’s Day. In Pure Spirit Is Valentine’s Day special to you or is a commercial creation that should be ignored?
Explore through the secret door
The Secret Door makes use of Google Maps and images to let your randomly explore visual highlights of the world. I’ve found beautiful waterfalls, interesting pubs, crazy offices, people goofing around, cheeky dolphins and I was even inside a sauna once. Don’t worry; in the sauna it was all blurred faces and bikinis – it’s […]
10 striking pictures of foxes
The fox is a clever and elegant animal. It has adapted to the invasion of mankind into its natural habitat and should not be punished for that. Here are ten striking pictures of foxes to remind us what a graceful and impressive creature we share our countryside and city with. In Pure Spirit What’s your […]
Making rainbows in the storm
When winter storm Nemo slammed into the US it brought with it howling wind and snow. Brian Maffitt had a good idea, taking shelter inside he pointed a video projector out of the window and ran a movie. He captured the whole thing on camera. The result? A snow storm of rainbow colours and chaos. […]
That time the sky was full of spiders
This happened. Not one for anyone suffering arachnophobia. The film was taken by a 20-year-old web designer who was leaving an engagement party. Experts are not surprised it happened; this is how these spiders hunt. Deborah Smith, an entomologist at the University of Kansas who specializes in social spiders told press; “The spiders in the […]
What’s in fracking fluid?
Fracking is the process of forcing gas out from the ground. It’s an alternative for drilling for oil and although it has many merits there are plenty of people concerned about the impact it’ll have. The problem with fracking fluid is that it’s a secret much of the time. It’s the key to success, along […]
Ghost car evades parking fine
This video has gone viral in China. It appears to show a ghost car approaching a ticket gate – at least; a car without no driver. When the car park guard comes out to investigate a figure appears on the roof the car. It looks very much like a scene from The Ring as the […]
