Emerging, Blinking, Into The 21st Century

It's been a funny sort of week. Well, fortnight really. I was on a run of backshifts that left me with what seemed like very little time to myself. My life pattern became eat-sleep-work in quick succession, with a small amount of computer time lumped into the start of each day (hence the scarcity of posts). One weird thing, though - my main provider of news in the last 2 weeks became the humble newspaper. Thank god they're not quite dead yet!

Meanwhile, back in the 21st Century Google has been busy supporting the upcoming Copenhagen Climate Change Summit. They've got a page where you can view tours of Google Earth showing you various scenarios (more tours to be added), and a YouTube channel that you can add your own videos to.

I like getting interactive with these sorts of things. It's much more exciting than looking at a graphic in The Times.

Here's a short introduction from Al Gore about the Google Earth tours: