An extraordinary video – the sounds of extreme machines captured with great clar…

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An extraordinary video – the sounds of extreme machines captured with great clarity.. Reshared post from +michael interbartolo Google Plus Exclusive First LookJust got this from the guys at Glenn who are finalizing the new special edition DVD/BluRay version of Ascent:Commemorating Shuttle which this will be an extra on. The video is shot from the …

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David Cameron: Stop Sleepwalking into Censorship David Cameron wants to push you into switching on adult web filters. These proposals are incredibly dangerous. Tell David Cameron to drop his plans to turn on adult filters by default. Sign our petition now! This post has been reshared 2 times on Google+ View this post on Google+

Now that’s what I call a motivation to do a few reviews !

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Now that's what I call a motivation to do a few reviews ! Reshared post from +Google Local London All aboard for a real 'underground dining' experience! We’re treating a lucky group of you to a delicious six-course #TubeDinner inside a 1967 Victoria Line carriage, hidden in one of Walthamstow’s best-kept secret museums.  Although the …

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Missing Google Latitude ? Turn on G+ location sharing here: https://plus.google…

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Missing Google Latitude ? Turn on G+ location sharing here: https://plus.google.com/settings/plus#location Embedded Link Google+ Google+ aims to make sharing on the web more like sharing in real life. Check out Circles, Events and Hangouts, just a few of the things we’ve been working on. This post has been reshared 2 times on Google+ View this …

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I’ve moved this blog Google+

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Over the last few years I have posted here less and less, while I find myself posting much more on Google+ and Twitter. So as of  today I’m moving my blog over to Google+. Follow me at  +ed parsons to keep in touch.. I’ll see you there!  

10 years ago today at 50,000 feet !

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At just after 9:00 am on the 29th May 2003, I achieved a lifetime ambition and flew  Concorde ! Concorde had six months of service remaining with British Airways so the rush was on for fellow Aviation geeks to organise the trip of a lifetime. The journey was perhaps the last occasion that I could describe as an example …

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Inspire a moonshot not a blueprint ?

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A few weeks ago I had the pleasure to take part in the ImaGIne conference organised by the European Umbrella Organisation for Geographic Information in Dublin. The conference although not very well attended did contain both excellent presentations and perhaps unusually great discussions which really seemed to address some of the key challenges of using geospatial technology in Europe. A talk …

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God Speed Nexus One…

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A Nexus powered satellite to be launched today – fingers crossed, welcome to the age of the Maker Sat ? STRaND-1 (the Surrey Training, Research and Nanosatellite Demonstrator), is a shoe box sized satellite weighing just 4.3kg. It will launch into a 785km sun-synchronous orbit on ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) from Sriharikota, India. STRaND-1 will also be the …

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