Most cameras record in MPEG-4 format (an .MP4 or .MOV file) and one really annoying thing when videoblogging is that Windows Movie Maker can't open the source footage. One solution would be to use Quicktime Pro for basic editing or use it to convert the source footage to uncompressed AVI. This took up a lot of time and space on my computer and it took forever to convert the video clips back and forth.

A compilation of 60 Incredible Pictures, all taken by the very talented photographer, Yann Arthus Bertrand. Each and every one of these pictures are truly incredible, and the selection of pictures includes spectacular aerial views from various countries around the world.

Neuroscientists Morten Kringelbach and Tipu Aziz recently announced that they were able to stimulate the pleasure centers of the brain by implanting a chip that sends tiny shocks to the orbitofrontal cortex. This is the same area that is responsible for feelings of pleasure induced by such things as eating and sex.

Some mathematicians, who listen to music (almost all of them), believe that the Fibonacci sequence occurs in music. Can you believe that? The use of the Fibonacci system can be seen in Mozart's music, and modern day compositions. The most widely used instrument in music, the piano, displays the use of Fibonacci numbers. For instance, there are 13 notes that separate each octave of 8 notes in a scale. The foundation of a scale is based around the 3rd and the 5th tones. Both pitches are whole tones, which are 2 steps from the 1st note of the scale, also called the root.

BigDog is the alpha male of the Boston Dynamics - a corporation dedicated to the Science and Art of How Things Move. It is a quadruped robot that walks, runs, and climbs on rough terrain and carries heavy loads. BigDog is powered by a gasoline engine that drives a hydraulic actuation system.

In one of the more risky adventures in human history, Joseph William Kitting became the first human being to overcome the 30 thousand meters of altitude within the limits of the earth's atmosphere and space.

When someone asks, "What colour are your eyes?" he should really be asking "What colour are your irises?". Despite the fascination eye colour holds for us, the genes responsible for it in humans are not well-known and are more complex than most people think.

Sad but true: "Battlestar Galactica" ended its run with its fourth and final season. A show with some intelligence and some depth of storyline and characters and adding two new words to my speech. I love this fraking TV Series.

Short list of stuff I've found related and originated by this particular event.

Brian Eno spoke out against the Gaza situation at the Stop Gaza Massacre protest, London Saturday 3 January 09.