A Butler

A Butler Well Served by This Election

This is a great story - and I almost cried at the end!

Google Flu Trends

Google Flu Trends

This is what data mining is all about. Finding correlations, deep insight, and useful technology!

Fridge-sized tape recorder could crack lunar mysteries

Fridge-sized tape recorder could crack lunar mysteries

An archiving error by NASA has meant 173 data tapes have sat in Perth for almost 40 years, holding information about lunar dust that could be vital in expanding science's understanding of the moon.
But after almost four decades, a donation from a Sydney computer society look sset to breathe fresh life into a long-neglected field of lunar science.

You know! It's a thingummy

You know! It's a thingummy... Whatjermercallit... The everyday items with the forgotten names Mail Online

My daughter always asks what the vertical indentation between the upper lip and nose is called.

Now I know - the Philtrum. The term derives from the Greek word philein, to kiss - for the ancient Greeks believed this area was one of the most erogenous spots on the body. Both Hitler and Charlie Chaplin covered theirs with a moustache- - while, apparently, SAS officers can kill someone simply by tapping-their philtrum in a certain way.