one.point.zero - Colin O'Brien's weblog

Many people barely recognise the bicycle as a legitimate mode of transport; it is either a toy for children or a vehicle fit only for the poor and/or strange

Britons unmoved by cycling campaigns.

Serco - The biggest uk company you have never heard of

Sitting is killing you.

I think there should be holy war against yoga classes

Werner Herzog
Bike messengers still have their place in the age of instant data transfers.
Nuclear waste: Keep out - for 100,000 years.
This is just scary: KidZania, a theme park chain that lets kids play at corporate-sponsored employment.

Inside the Fukushima nuclear reactor evacuation zone

The speed of light itself presents limits to the efficiency of global computerized trading networks. This efficiency could be improved by the implementation of trading nodes at specific points on the Earth's surface to take advantage of the planet's geometry and networks.

Who enjoys shopping in IKEA?

British-born bootmaker Julian Imrie has led a singular life.

Dubai is a place that doesn't just know the price of everything and the value of nothing but makes everything worthless

Dubai on Empty
Online lobbying via automated fake accounts is already well established online. That commenter may not be who you think he is.
How the U.S. government got taken for a ride by the developer of dubious anti-terrorist software.

Then and now

we put up special fences and notices asking people not to commit suicide here. None of it worked - and so now we have put butter over the bridge, and it has worked very well

China's suicide catcher.
British engineer designs own heart valve implant, saves own life.

Electric Theatre Arcade Documentary

The Making of a steel bicycle frame

Turbine-Free Wind Power

Cahokia Mounds in Illinois is one of only eight cultural World Heritage sites in the United States, and it's got a billboard for Joe's Carpet King smack in the middle of it

America's lost city.
Mark Kennedy: A journey from undercover cop to bona fide activist
Medieval warfare was just as terrifying as you might imagine.

Vietnam's mammoth jungle cave

Europe's countries now face the choice of giving up either their newfangled money or their ancient national sovereignties. It is unclear which they will choose.

Euro Trashed.

High FPS photos from a train window