The Stig has to die

Well, it seems the identity of The Stig has been disclosed, according to ABC news and The Times. The current (white) Stig is stunt driver Ben Collins, who has been doing stunts in James Bond movies and has quite an experience as a race driver.

No word from BBC or Top Gear crew. In any case, if he truely is found to be Ben Collins, they probably have him die in some sort of freak accident and pull a new Stig (red?).

Look closely at the images, you see a striking similarity, no?

Welcome to C-Day...

As in Change-Day, or rather Inauguration Day 2009. the moment where a
lot of people have been looking forward to since... Well, actually since
2004!
 
Obama promised change, and most people seem to consider him on par with
Martin Luther King. I'm sorry, but I'm a skeptic and really need to see
some proof first :-)
 
In any case, it can only go upwards after Bush, so that's a change for
good in itself.
 
Enjoy the inauguration people!

Rewind: STS-106 launch (Sept 8th, 2000)

I'm importing all my DV tapes to iMovie, quite a lot of work, and I found this clip of the Shuttle Atlantis mission STS-106 too. We were lucky enough to get press accreditation, so this is filmed from the press site, which is about 5 miles closer than the public sites. In any case, it gives a nice impression about the SOUND this thing makes when going up...
 
We'll miss the shuttle launches!
 
I'll upload more clips (also from inside the VAB) whenever I find the time and motivation to do so :-) I actually want to wait for iMovie '09 to get rid of some vibrating annoyances..

Jalan Jalan - Lotus

While watching "Dragon Hunters ", this particular song struck me as being extraordinary wonderful. After a long search, I finally found the artist and title. It's a Japanese ensemble that uses authentic instruments to create this wonderful ambient, almost "floating" sound. The song is called "Lotus" and is from their debut album "Bali", already released in 1999, now used in a movie of 2008 :)

Climate change debunk...

A must-see:

 

 "The Climate is changing all the time, get used to it!" (Source http://curry.com )

 I'm all for taking care of our environment, but member of the club of
the global warming skeptics.. GW is now pushed by the media and politics
as if it is a religion you *must* believe, no arguments! (sounds kind of
extremist to me, doesn't it?) With all tax enforcements that go with it.

 Just don't believe the hype!