FlickrMosaic 28th February 2006

My first attempt on a Flickr Mosaic. A'la Warren Ellis style.

Lost World Or Garden Of Eden Found

The media simply can't made up their mind on this one. For starters, Christian Today called it "Garden of Eden", while Guardian Unlimited called it "Lost World". Regardless, here's the beef of it. A lost world teeming with previously unknown or presumed extinct wildlife that has remained untouched by humans and is as close to the Garden of Eden as is possible exists in the jungle-covered mountains of Indonesia's Papua province, scientists say. An international team of 13 experts, which spent a month surveying more than a million hectares in the Foja mountains in the Indonesian half of New Guinea island, said they had identified 40 new species and expected to record many more once they had completed their research. Scientists regularly find new species but the team claims it is the unexplored aspect of the area, which rises to 2,200 metres (7,200 feet) above sea level, which makes it unique. "It's an example of what the whole of New Guinea was like 50,000 years ago when there was no hunting, no impact of logging and no environmental desecration," Stephen Richards, of the South Australian Museum and one of the team, said at the release of the findings in Jakarta. "There're very few places left on earth where there has been so little human impact." "It's as close to the Garden of Eden as you're going to find on Earth," said Bruce Beehler, one of the team's leaders. Some very astonishing photos of the mentioned "Strange Animals" can be found here. And no, they aren't totally behaving like deers caught in your headlight.

Great Fire Wall Of China

"Great Balls Of Fire" meets "Great Walls Of China". Google’ launch of its self censored search engine Google.cn in China has been another bolstering stone in the Chinese government ’Great firewall of China’, a network of government servers used to determine what Chinese internet users are allowed to see. By compromising its motto ’don’t be evil’ and bowing to the govt. policies Google has received a massive opposition reigniting the debate about how businesses conduct themselves in oppressive regimes. The launch of Google.cn is being observed as a black day for freedom of expression in China. Also the company’ act of taking a stand against the US govt. for securing the privacy of its western clientele and at the same time capitulating to the Chinese authorities is considered as a part of its’ Hippocratic strategies in China contrasting Google’ statements about respecting online privacy as stated by Reporters Without Borders (RWB) The very helpful B3ta.com has given us a very serious look at what's in store in the future for China's google users. On to the next "black day for freedom of expression".

Jesus On A CT Scan

Yet another sighting of Christ, (Boy are we near to Apocalypse) and this time, it's on a CT Scan! What's more, you can own your personal favourite CT Scan of sweet Jesus simply by winning the bid right here at ebay! Starting bids are at AU $20,000(Approximately US $14,982.00) with ZERO bids and one day left to close. Pledge your faith.