Who doesn’t like the sky? Summer has brought some amazing vistas of clouds, lightning and stars. These are some photos I managed to capture in the Slovak Republic. Hope you like…
Archive for August, 2010
Arthur C Clarke has long since been my favourite author. In all of his works contains such huge ideas and vivid storytelling. As well as an author, he was also a keen scientist and even suggested the idea of geo-synchronous orbit satellites widely used in communications.
Similar to his fictional work his quotes were often filled with wisdom, humour and intelligence. Arthur C Clarke passed away on 19 March 2008. Here are some of my favourites:
I can never look now at the Milky Way without wondering from which of those banked clouds of stars the emissaries are coming. If you will pardon so commonplace a simile, we have set off the fire alarm and have nothing to do but to wait. I do not think we will have to wait for long
There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum.
Stephen Fry’s excellent speech against ‘The Catholic Church is a force for good in the world”. from 2009 Intelligence debate also attended by Archbishop Onaiyekan, Anne Widecombe and Christopher Hitchens.
The Intelligence² Debate – Stephen Fry (Unedited)
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Looking rather lovely right now. With Infinity Ward all but gone could this be the new MW?