Sunday, October 30, 2011

Stuff below the fold


Why do sanddunes sing? MJ has an article why:

Some researchers now theorise that the sound is caused by the reverberation between dry sand at the surface and a band of wet sand within the dune, hence it changes seasonally.




and MJ links to the green BBC page. which has this and other interesting video clips.

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Headline of the day:

Liverpool Coastguard in more Ribble estuary cockler rescues

it seems that cockles are a gourmet item and lots of clueless amateurs want to cash in on the harvest.

You know, cockles: As in this song:



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NOTCOT, the design/food/etc. blog now has a "NOTVENTURES" site with suggestions and information about vacation spots.

for example, today they link to where to go to visit the real sites of 13 horror stories.

not included in the list: The hotel behind The Shining and the cemetery where George Romero filmed the original Night of the Living Dead, or the mall where he filmed the Dawn of the Dead.

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