Animation links:
Making Fiends Christmas Special.
Bonjour Monsieur – bound to be in the charts soon.
Weebl and Bob Christmas Special.
A Blast
Who needs expensive gizmos when the Net is full of games like A.Blast that you can play for free?
He’s been eaten by a monster wave!
Old Japanese documents confirm warnings of future North American earthquakes.
Also: Magnitude 6.5 earthquake shakes California, roughly 70 miles from Santa Barbara. My friends in SBA report a "rolling motion" that made them feel dizzy. Apparently, the contents of the whisky cupboard were undamaged, to the relief of all concerned.
More news reports: San Luis Obispo Tribune.
Thought-provoking
For anyone that didn’t read the Independent on Saturday, I recommend Feargal Keane’s article Saddam’s arrest should be the signal to bring other war criminals to book.
It worked!
More wooing and yaying: Beagle 2 successfully detaches from Mars Express.
Related: Beagle 2 official homepage.
West Pier
Woo, yay and, indeed, houpla! West Pier restoration given the go-ahead. All they need now is the money.
Very cool
Privately built aircraft breaks the sound barrier. If I was very rich, I’d have one of these. Just think of the time saved for getting to meetings!
Related:
Scaled Composites.
The X Prize.
Bristol Spaceplanes.
Grauniad Bolg Awrads
Guardian Best British Blogging Awards results announced. No gongs for me once again, not that I expected any, but congratulations to Darren.
More from Mars
Mars probe Beagle 2 enters crucial phase. Fingers crossed.
Science stuff
A couple of interesting science and technology stories from the BBC:
Oldest evidence of photosynthesis found – "Life may be older and more robust than we thought".
Bendy lampposts may save lives – or may provide endless fun for vandals.