Henges battle's new twist

Tarmac have been warned by Heritage Action and the Friends of the Thornborough Henges that they will have a tough fight on their hands if they persist in their attempts to quarry gravel from a nearby site.

Orkneyjar - The Heritage of the Orkney Islands

Website with lots of info concerning the archaeological heritage of the Orkney Isles

Romancing the stones

Interview with Julian Cope from the Guardian - very interesting - he's reinvented himself as an expert in megalithic cirlces and interstign things he has to say

Historians say Inquisition wasn't that bad

According to the Guardian, documents newly released by the Vatican suggest that far fewer people were executed by the Inquisition than was previously believed.

Apparently the church is trying to suggest that it was quite humane, only authorising the use of torture for 15 minutes at a time and in the presence of a doctor. No doubt Saddam Hussein will be telling his captors just that kind of nonsense, whilst General Pinochet will no doubt denying having any knowledge of the many thousands of people who died as a result of his brutal regime.

The thing which appalls me the most is that the church claims to stand for love and peace, turnign the cheek and all that other malarky and yet has consistently caused more violence than any other force in history - still, in the words of Monty Python: "No one expects the Spanish Inquisition"

As a footnote, I just found that the CIA refused President Clinton's decision to declassify the files on its role in the Pinochet coup

Big Brother reads riot act

I've never particularly been a fan of Channel four's Big Brother before, but this year it has me hooked - what with all the backstabbing going on and the producers doing everything in their power to make everyone fall out with one another it's been great. Last night the house decended into chaos withthe house dividing into to factions. It got so heated security guards had to be called in the and the live tv feeds got pulled - Oh dear, have the producers gone too far, are they going to have expulsions or walkouts

Oooo it's so exciting

Quizilla!

Make and take online quizzes

Kite Aerial Photography

A site with aerial pictures taken by kite including some cool QuickTime VR panoramas

More on colour theory

This time going for a more organic appraoch toward colour for interface design

Colour Schemes

Continuing my trawl for inspiration, and very good article on Colour theory. There are also some intersesting things to be read over at Pantone (you may need to register to get the info

CSS vs. Tables

Do you layout with tables or use CSS to its full potential? A very serious question. For my part, working as a designer in both print and online, the draw a table approach is a more instant approach though it is limited and such a fumble. CSS is great, though whenever I try to set up a complete CSS layout everything goes very messy indeed