Occasionally, in comments on environmental stories and such, you see the old "we're so small and the Earth is so big, we can't possibly be to blame" line of argument. Of course, everything on the Earth affects the Earth, and vice versa, because everything interacts with everything else. Therefore, the question is really whether or not we have a significant effect on the whole planet. As a really basic way of assessing this, I've been trying to explore the potential consequences of the oil we use by illustrating the volume of oil that is consumed.

As you might have noticed, I'm in the process of re-jigging this website. The new look has been chosen largely just to keep things simple, as I don't really have the time to maintain my own modules and theme code any more! So, expect a new, improved, yet stripped-down service from now on!

Well, there's too many channels and too much noise.

Should I twitter, or Facebook, or FriendFeed, or just collect delicious links?

But what on earth do I have time to say? Only a few things...

Kutiman mixes YouTube - 100% YouTube clips, remixed.

Röyksopp's Happy Up Here - They are already here.

Correlation - I'm not sure.

The Periodic Table of Typefaces - My inner-graphic-design-geek wants it.

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Science commons, the video, explaining all about how the science commons works.

Adobe have been working on a cool user interface for visualising how web pages have changed over time, called Zoetrope.

From Technology Review: Back-Button to the Future.

Well, we all got the American president that they deserve. It's good to hear about all the goodwill and hope in the air.

Obama is known as an eloquent orator, but as far as I can tell his victory speech has not been aired in full on the news here in the UK. However, it is on the BBC website and is worth a watch: Obama's victory speech in full.