I was reading some of the latest alarming info about global warming and its effect on the arctic here, when I came across this tidbit:
There are geopolitical implications, too, as Canada, Russia and the US jockey to claim rights over transpolar passages that open up within their newly ice-free waters.
We’ve noted the passing of “talk like a pirate” day in previous years with not much more than a chuckle. This year, everyone at Cenqua got into the spirit and we had plenty of “harrr” and “shiver me timbers”. I hope I can revert to normal speech. Arrr, it bin fun.
I was catching up on my gadget news today on Engadget and thought I’d checkout the new Amazon video service. As I expected, this is a US-only service:
Maybe there is a good reason of which I am unaware. I’m too cynical to think of one. You’d hope our Free Trade Agreement with the US would actually give us some benefits and not just additional restrictions.
Large parts of Australia have been gripped by a drought on and off for quite a while now. In Sydney we have water usage restrictions and for a while there, we were getting regular reports on the dam levels.
Anyway, it turns out that I have been able to bring at least a temporary respite to this drought. All I had to do was plan a short camping trip many months ago. As the day arrived, we’ve been enjoying regular long rain periods and a return to cold weather. So, drought broken and camping postponed – oh well !
This post also serves to break my blogging drought.