Christian Biggins

Design, Technology, SEO, General Ramblings. Something for everybody.

Base Jumpers. In Sydney?

I think this is too cool. Two base jumpers jumped off a tower in Sydney (we dont have the highest towers) only to land next to some cops who arrest them and the BASE association president says that they were unlucky to land next to police. What a rush, I dont think I’d have the [...]

I wonder how hot these Taiwanese people are to make them think that the water being drained from the Nuclear power plant after being used for cooling, is safe to swim in?
“I haven’t evaluated the safety here. That’s something scholarsand experts should research more,”
This is a classic quote. I love it. People are so sure [...]

USB Rechargable Batteries

That is too cool.

I have just read an article on smh that states that a canal that runs through some of our cities’ suburbs is the most contaminated in the southern hemisphere! That is just crazy, the canal has been pumped full of industrial waste for so long that the governement has warned people to not touch it! [...]

The torch through Canberra.

As I am writing this, the Olympic torch is being run around Canberra by various people who are being protected and flanked by police and police vehicles. People have come from everywhere to protest the torch, either for or against, China. One of my Heroes, Bob Brown, had a sky writer write ‘Free Tibet’ across [...]

I was reading LifeHacker (as I always do). And I found a great post on going green with your pc. From that post, I found localcooling which is an application and community reducing their pc’s consumption in a collaborative effort to reduce carbon emissions. What a great idea. I signed up and am now saving [...]

Do You have a dirty mind?

Brilliant video. I love watching this guy.
Do you have a dirty mind?

Nice Innocent Fun Bubbles? WRONG!!

So, while buying little toys and lollies to pack a 4 year olds ‘pass the parcel’ with, my wife saw a bottle of ‘Fun Bubbles’ and as our 1 year old girl loves bubbles, she bought it.Well, today I opened it to blow some bubbles around to try to keep the rapidly-tiring toddler from imploding. [...]

So I purchased a new calcium reactor for my tank the other day. Its about time too as the kalkwasser dosing was not cutting the cheese anymore. I bought a small CR70 Reef Octopus (Reef Octopus also sell an extension chamber which I am planning on getting soon to increase its capacity).
For anybody who has [...]

Japanese Whaling Quota damage

In my Greenpeace newsletter that arrived this morning, I noticed the following paragraph;
Whales: The Japanese whaling fleet returned to port short of their quota by nearlyhalf, and blamed environmentalists for disrupting the hunt. We should allbe proud of the role we played in saving 439 whales when our ship theEsperanza pursued the Nisshin Maru [...]

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