The current chairman of Current TV is a cool dude. He also happens to be the former President of the United States of American. Al Glore has blogged about ( Huffington Post resurfaced it ) an old advert that Humble Oil ran in 1962. It says; Each day Humble supplies enough energy to melt 7 million tons […]
The Blue Stane of St. Andrews and the Devil’s fingerprint
In the Scottish town of Saint Andrews, by the railings of the Hope Park Church, is a large stone with a strange blue patch. The stone wasn’t always beside Hope Park Church, it once rested at Magnus Muir where Knights of Scotland used to swear their oaths. The legend behind the Blue Stane of St […]
Video and photographs of UFO spirals in Sky over Canada
The International weather and science website The WeatherSpace has some rather remarkable video footage. The site says a number of different photographs had been sent to it showing a most unusual spiral in the sky – and a glowing, moving orb. Rather sensibly The WeatherSpace reminds readers of the spiral seen in the sky of […]
Selling your old o2 mobile phone
I’ve had a quick look into which of the mobile operators let you sell your phone back to them. Turns out o2 have the lead in this area and operate o2 Recycle. Now, o2 was the first network in the UK to be allowed to sell Apple’s famous iPhone. A glance at the site suggests […]
DoGood – swap out annoying web ads with green messages
It’s increasingly common for people to try and block adverts on websites. To do this they’ll install some software that simply makes known ads appear as blank spaces when they visit websites. I guess people do this for a number of reasons. Some might just hate seeing ads when they browse. Others don’t like the […]
21 cute pictures for International Biological Diversity Day
The 22 of May is the International Day for Biological Diversity (aka IDB). It’s supported and promoted by The United Nations. The theme for the 2010 International Biological Diversity Day is “Biodiversity, Development and Poverty Alleviation” and we would like to support that by sharing 21 animal pictures. In Pure Spirit’s IDB suggested mascot International […]
After 300 years, the gray whale is back from the dead
Here’s some good news from earlier on this week. A gray whale has been sighted off the coast of Israel by Herzliya Marina. This is good news because the gray whale was previously thought to be extinct across the Atlantic Ocean. It’s shocking but good to find one in the Mediterranean Sea! The Grey Whale […]
The Gulf oil slick from space
NASA has published photos from its MODIS (ahem; that’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometre) from its Terra satellite of the Gulf of Mexico. The strange arm like curl is nothing other than the BP disaster. The oil silk from the well. These photos come to IPS via Tree Hugger and the excellent Michael Graham Richard. That’s […]
Space Monkey: It’s not a planet, it’s our home
Children forced to use death slide
I don’t know whether to be impressed or horrified. In stark contrast to UK’s health and safety laws check out this “death slide” made by workers in Bolivia. This is their way home. Please be aware that this video is a clip from Current TV’s Deadliest Journeys which is being distrubute as part of a […]
