{"id":1697,"date":"2007-12-23T10:59:06","date_gmt":"2007-12-23T14:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=1697"},"modified":"2008-01-01T11:48:34","modified_gmt":"2008-01-01T15:48:34","slug":"the-queen-has-her-picture-taken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=1697","title":{"rendered":"The Queen has her picture taken"},"content":{"rendered":"

V<\/span>arious Decker vs. Zola<\/a>news organizations report that the British Queen has launched a YouTube channel<\/a> (@ YouTube<\/a>). The Palace promises clips from garden parties, footage from overseas travels, prime ministers and even a day in the life of the Prince of Wales.\n<\/p>\n

Completely related: The BBC has a set of pictures of Russia’s bombers<\/a>. As you probably recall, a while ago, Putin ordered the return of long range patrols<\/a>, an event that reminded of those precious Eighties days. Flipping through the pictures, I was slightly amused by the following quote, which reveals the state of these older ‘Bear’ bombers:\n<\/p>\n

There were no toilets or other comforts \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and controls were so heavy only a very fit person could operate them.\n<\/p>\n

For some kind of reason, I keep thinking of the 1984 Olympic Games<\/a>1<\/sup>.\n<\/p>\n

There is a chance that an asteroid is going to strike Mars in January 2008<\/a>. The asteroid (2007 WD5) was discovered early November (this year) and according to statisticians at the JPL, the odds that it’s going to hit Mars are 1 to 75.\n<\/p>\n

Say what you want about public broadcasters: The CBC does some excellent stuff on the Internet. For example, Katrina Onstad’s top picks of 2007 movies<\/a> is well-presented and generally, well-done.\n<\/p>\n

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Update (12\/29\/07):<\/em> CNN’s list of top ten movies of 2007<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

1<\/sup> Like I said, for some kind of reason I was thinking of this incident<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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