I’ve called this entry ‘No Topic’ as I don’t have any particular topic to write about: I’m in a non-write-about-it frame of mind lately – hence the lack of entries for the last few days. Nevertheless, some more writing has been accomplished.

And some surfing… Did you know some people are trying to build a time machine? And not using a black hole – that method is old hat:

On a totally different slant, have you ever tried hurling yourself down a 1:1 slope (that’s 45 degrees – I don’t know what it is in percentage units: 50% of vertical, I suppose)? Well, at Cooper’s Hill in Brockworth, Gloucestershire, people do it every year in a stupid old festival that allows grazing rights on common land or some such. It is a race in which the contestants chase after… a piece of cheese. Yes. Cheese. Double Gloucester, to be exact. I was actually present one year. A woman was knocked unconscious by the aforementioned cheese as it bounced into the crowd. This video shows the 2007 event:

Cooper’s Hill Cheese Rolling

Cheese Rolling 2007 from www.SoGlos.com – Watch More Funny Videos

After all that excitement, how about a bit of cyberwar? It seems somebody is attacking the government of Estonia – they suspect the Kremlin. Alternatively, how about a bit of art? [Link no longer working.]It takes a few moments to load (it is a flash drawing), but it is worth the wait. Click and drag up or down with your mouse to move in or out.