Andy Ramblings

I haven't blogged, commented on the going ones in London, or the tech stuff. I didn't even comment of FF 3 being released last month sometime. If you haven't got it, I can only recommend it. I have been testing it from it's early days, when it wasn't even safe to use it, but that's me, living on the bleeding edge of technology. I have heard that for some people it crashes all the time, I haven't been able to see these systems, so I cannot comment. But if they say it crashes for them, then I have no real option but to believe them. But I would like to know why. That will be for another occasion.

The great auspicious day 08/08/08, one good thing about that, is it works on what ever calender system you use, be it European or US. We now have end to end coverage of the Olympics from China, the opening was, as you would expect, pretty good, I can't say it's the best in the world, it's the best one yet, London will have to pull something bloody amazing out of the hat, one would be that it won't cost more than the £9billion ! I bet it will end up costing more. Not really for me to worry about.

Summer has gone on holiday for this week-end. But one thing when there is rain, there is pretty much likely be a rainbow to follow, and it didn't disappoint. check the image below,

 

Yes, how big is the universe? It's bloody big, I mean HUGE!, no that's too small a word, it gi-normous! I think that's still a too small a word, It's freaking bleeding huge and will take thousands of light years to get from one end to the other; but how would you have known you've reached the end? Maybe when you've seen the restaurant at the end of the universe? it may have moved, or you might not have gone straight across the universe? You might even have taken some diversions unbeknown to yourself, you know black holes and other gravitational issues that need to be taken into account. etc etc...

Have you ever thought or wondered, you know with the internet being so vast that someone somewhere might have thought the same thought as yourself, but done something about it? Yes, have you ever thought, the internet is so vast and full of interesting stuff, I wonder if some one somewhere has made a site that is as big as the universe? Well, dear readers, yes, someone has, and for your viewing pleasure and from your armchair, you, yes You and you, can visit the universe from the comfort of your computer screen see the whole universe on the internet from this site here, below.

yes, here's the link to the Universe for your viewing pleasure!

Just one note though, to be able to see the centre of the Universe, you will need Firefox!

In just under a year, firefox (the best browser around) has managed over 100million downloads. If you haven't got it, I suggest clicking on the firefox image on your left and get a copy.
Firefox 1.5 is well on to release candidate early next week, this is when you will be able to play with it with a minimal number of bugs.
I have been using it as my default browser for the last 2 months and I can do nothing but recommend that you get it when it comes out.