Monthly Archives: May 2009 «

A Step Towards Private Space Travel

Dr Shock
May 2, 2009
Want to fly into space? Virgin Galactic is the world's first spaceline. It gives you the opportunity to become one of the first ever non-professional astronauts. But first they will have to build a spaceship. This video is a test flight video, enjoy. Virgin's vast experience in aviation, adventure, luxury travel and cutting-edge design combined with the unique technology developed by Burt Rutan will ensure an unforgettable experience unlike any other available to mankind. With safety at the forefront, our unique spacecraft is being designed at Rutan's base in Mojave, California alongside a concerted research and development programme. Questions about private .....read more »

Selection of Dutch Medblogs

Dr Shock
May 2, 2009
Man in de Zorg has some video's of planes taking of from airports. Flights from his vacations. This one above is from his vacation in 2008. It gives a nice overview of The Netherlands, flat and crowded. Huntington Daily has a link to a video about Huntington's Disease. It's the story of the 82 year old Ida Gold who tells about her life with her husband with Huntington's Disease. Three of their four children have inherited the disease. From 100% Mike this hilarious video about Shii the female variant of Wii, although the narrative is in Dutch it is easily to comprehend, .....read more »

The Twitter Book, A Review

Dr Shock
May 1, 2009
Stop the presses, no new book needed on twitter for a while. The Twitter Book is the best book written about twitter. Books on specialties such as twitter for physicians maybe? (hint) Or medstudents?(another hint). As you know I'm an old fashioned guy who likes to read books about subjects especially Internet. Until now I have reviewed three books about twitter. Two books mainly about getting your business on twitter: twitter free social network for business and Twitter means business, both not being very helpfull, full with twitter conversation. Twitter revolution being a positive exception to the rule about twitter .....read more »