Author Archives: Donncha

mpt gives a comprehensive look at the new browser from Apple, comparing it to IE, Opera and Mozilla. Excellent.

Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Jesus ‘healed using cannabis’

Jesus was almost certainly a cannabis user and an early proponent of the medicinal properties of the drug, according to a study of scriptural texts published this month.

(via 2012)

DaveNet : First essay of the year

VoIP is a simple idea and simply works

10 Linux predictions for 2003

The Detroit Project – by Americans for Fuel Efficient Cars

Americans for Fuel Efficient Cars (AFEC) is a nonprofit group dedicated to decreasing America’s reliance on foreign oil. AFEC was co-founded by columnist Arianna Huffington, film producer Lawrence Bender, environmental activist Laurie David, and movie and TV agent Ari Emanuel

Salon.com Politics | Inside the crazy clone cult – hehe

Robert Fisk: The double standards, dubious morality and duplicity of this fight against terror – Meanwhile, we are ploughing on to war in Iraq, which has oil, but avoiding war in Korea, which does not have oil. (via Electric Banana)

Diary for mglazer – Europeans are selfish and uncaring? *barf*

Next time you’re in Sydney visit the OpenAir Cinema. It’s a 25m by 16m screen that rises out of the ocean. People bring rugs or can hire bean bags to watch movies. Via Adam, our resident Aussie here in the office who watched Titanic with his wife, with the background of Sydney Harbour and the Opera House behind it. Wow.