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  • Elephants in Berlin!

    I’m just walking along, minding my own business listening to music in Berlin. Nekkminit, I look through a fence and see an elephant. It seems there are interesting things at every turn in Berlin!

    Elephant in Berlin

  • Sony products in water

    I own a pair of Sony headphones which went through the washing machine once. They still work just fine. I wonder if it works with Sony Vaio’s too?

    sony_large_verge_medium_landscape

  • Venus flytrap flowering

    This image of a venus flytrap about to flower really captured my attention today. There’s some truly appealing about it, but I can’t quite pinpoint what.

    flytrap

  • 7up, 10up, co-up!

    Me, drinking 7up, whilst working for 10up, at co-up!

    Ryan Hellyer drinking 7up

  • Ridiculously addictive

    Thanks to Harriet for finding another ridiculously addictive thing to keep me from doing things I should be doing 😛

    http://geoguessr.com/

  • Racing cars in Berlin

    DeltaWing

    Sauber Mercedes-Benz C11

    Sauber Mercedes-Benz C11

    Ummm, well,slightly out of place in this post, but I’m sure some East Germans used these for racing at some point 😛
    Trabant

  • Sledding at WordCamp

    A bunch of WordPress geeks went sledding in Norway. Here is the photographic evidence.

    The WordCamp sledders

    Scott sledding in Norway

    Scott sledding in Norway

    Marko sledding in Norway

    Aloisia sledding in Norway

  • Response to global warming alarmists and deniers

    The problem I see with analysing climate science for the masses, is that almost all data presented to the common person is manipulated either for or against climate warming being a problem. Most of the junk I see flowing through my Facebook feed alerting to the horrors of global warming, is nothing more than fear mongering junk, with little to no relevance to scientific study. That doesn’t mean global warming isn’t a problem, but the data (or analysis of data) used to argue the point is usually farcical at best.

    Given this situation, I’m not surprised there is a debate amongst the populace regarding the situation. Then throw in the number of glaciologists and climatologists who shrug their shoulders when asked the question “is global warming a problem” and you have a situation in which many people will decide to take sides and aggressively push their own agenda.

    FYI, I have no solution to this Just pointing out my viewpoint.

    This comment was in response to an article posted by Jason Price on Facebook.

  • Bärehquell brewery

    Bärehquell brewery

    Some more photos from my trip with Michelle and Hannah to Bärehquell brewery.

    Michelle and Hannah on the roof of Bärenquell brewery

    Hannah and Michelle sitting in an abandoned car

    Michelle, with Bärenquell brewery in the background

    View from the roof of Bärenquell brewery

    View of the outside of Bärenquell brewery

    View of the outside of Bärenquell brewery

    Hannah

    View of the outside of Bärenquell brewery

  • Bärehquell brewery

    Bärehquell brewery

    I visited Bärehquell brewery with my friends Hannah and Michelle. The brewery went out of business in 1994 as it couldn’t compete with the more popular beers from the west after the reunification of Germany. At the time of closure, the brewery had been in business for 112 years.

    Hannah, Michelle and Ryan on top of Bärenquell brewery in Berlin

    Out window of Bärenquell brewery

    Stairs at Bärenquell brewery

    View out window of Bärenquell brewery in Berlin

    View out window of Bärenquell brewery in Berlin

    View out window of Bärenquell brewery in Berlin

    View out window of Bärenquell brewery in Berlin

    Papers sprawled on floor of Bärenquell brewery in Berlin. Photo from Hannah.

    Stairs in Bärenquell brewery in Berlin. Photo from Hannah.

    Book photo courtesy of Hannah

    Michelle in Bärenquell brewery in Berlin. Photo courtesy of Hannah.

    Thanks to Hannah Jackson for the stairs and papers photos.