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Twitter used in the right way.  Where else could the police show both a serious and a light hearted side in the same place?

After the recent spate of sun this weekend, I thought I’d check on the plants in my “Garden”.  Turns out you can grow stuff in London after all.  Even in a tiny wooden box made out of expired Ikea shelving units.

I’m so amazed by these little plants’ resilience that I’m going to periodically take photos of them.  Until they die that is – which, lets face it, is a fairly likely outcome.

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Epic. I love how many people freely smile when they don’t realise someone’s holding up an “i’m an asshole” card.

http://imanasshole.tumblr.com/

An oldie, but a goodie.  Rediscovered this over on Jake Hurwitz’s blog whilst looking for something else, and thought I’d link to it for future reference.

Hell… this is the reason I learnt guitar.

On Monday, May 11, after months of delays and preparation, NASA’s Space Shuttle Atlantis launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final servicing mission to the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope.

The seven crew members left Florida for low Earth orbit at 2:01 pm, for a scheduled 11-day mission, including 5 days of Extra-vehicular activity (EVAs) to work on the Hubble.