Stolen from all over:1. Comment and I'll pick one or two of your lj interests and make you an icon.2. You have no say as to what I iconize.3. If you feel like it, copy this meme into your journal for your f-list. [Continue]

And now... I go off to some monestry near wales. I'll finish off the rest of the icons when I get back. [Continue]

Randomly there has been filming going on in the local pub. I have no idea what for. ......I'm sure there were other things, but I can't remember what they were. [Continue]

Casino Royale was entertaining. Though expensive to watch as tickets at the local cinema have gone up 25p to £7.25. The 25p makes all the difference.I also finally finished doing the icons from this post. [Continue]

... I just had to explain gravity to my mum. *facepalm* [Continue]

James DeanElijah WoodDominoDita Von TeeseEric BanaRalph FiennesJeremy NorthamKip PardueMadonnaGeorge ClooneyHugh JackmanIoan GruffuddHeath LedgerDrew BarrymoreStrange DaysBen AffleckStephen DorffViggo MortensenUma ThurmanTilda SwintonScarlett JohannsonSalma HayekRyan PhillipeJoaquin PhoenixNatalie PortmanThe MatrixLord of the RingsKeanu [Continue]

This screen comes from the people at Innovation Lab, who have embedded optical fibers that work like pixels into concrete. The optical fibers can be lit to create monochromatic images. Even more amazing, the optical fibers work with natural light as well as artificial light, making it effectively transparent. This technology has many applications [Continue]

A new electronic gadget called the Loc8tor uses radio waves and multiple aerials, plus some fancy software, to locate postage stamp sized transmitters which can be attached to almost anything, within a range of up to 600 feet. This thing sounds really useful. I know I put things down and then spend ages looking for them. It’d also come in [Continue]

The computer industry faces a skills crisis, the president of the British Computer Society has told BBC News. Unless steps are taken now, there will not be enough qualified graduates to meet the demands of UK industry, warned Professor Nigel Shadbolt. Prof Shadbolt said there was increasing demand but decreasing supply of graduates in computer [Continue]

Motorists who get stopped by the police could have their fingerprints taken at the roadside, under a new plan to help officers check people’s identities. I know there’s a lot of concern about how this is all Big Brotherish and turning the UK into Orwell’s “1984″ state but my concern about this mobile fingerprinting [Continue]