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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-05-08

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Chris Samuel
  • RIP Henry "Splash it all over" Cooper #
  • French investigators have managed to find the flight data recorder memory unit from AF447 F-GZCP http://bbc.in/jCdO7Y #
  • "The old law of an eye for an eye leaves everyone blind." – MLK Jr. #
  • I fear the rather than kill a terrorist leader the US has just created a martyr who more will rally around. #
  • "Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary." Mohandas Gandhi, 1919 #
  • Video of #tornado in #Auckland NZ – http://bit.ly/ioVM23 (thanks Markus!) #
  • Why on earth is the Vic Govt spending $212 million on PSO's for train stations that won't protect ppl & nobody wants ? #
  • Air France AF447 Cockpit Voice Recorder found and recovered by search team in Atlantic Ocean! http://bbc.in/mzmWb0 #
  • Went to the Pig & Whistle at Mt Dandenong for a (non-alcoholic) drink with a friend, saw a deer cross the road nr Olinda! #
  • Friend of mine making a good point on #Pakistan and #BinLaden absent from the discussions I've seen: http://bit.ly/kSsc5q #
  • I can haz new Schrodinger license for VLSCI.. 🙂 #
  • Last direct link to the tragedy of World War 1 lost, #RIP Claude "Chuckles" Choules, 110 years old http://bbc.in/mRKChc #
  • #Science is cool – student Emilia Czyszczon discovered an Ice Age virus which might help fight TB – http://bit.ly/mHtYFt #
  • Yay! My quad processor PentiumPro box boots with unpatched #Linux 2.6.39-rc6 kernel and "noapic scsi_mod.scan=sync" 🙂 #
  • Clamity: a #GPL v3 testing platform for #OpenCL devices (including GPUs) by @myrddian of VPAC http://bit.ly/l8tvWG #hpc #
  • The source code for Clamity (#OpenCL device testing platform) by @myrddian is on Github http://bit.ly/jimH68 under GPLv3 #
  • Found on Flickr: "a quiet peeping sound, reminiscent of a small kitten enclosed in a velvet box" 🙂 http://flic.kr/p/xj7UV #
  • Very neat fake London Underground map overlays 🙂 http://bit.ly/mdoEJG (via @hayjane @spufidoo) #
  • How a simple photo of a child could help prevent them losing an eye to a rare form of cancer – http://bbc.in/jIR2xH #
  • Great 4 minute video of "Chook", a Superb Lyrebird @ Adelaide Zoo imitating construction work http://bit.ly/mjZjHT #

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