Delicious LiveJournal Links for 1-16-2009

• MS Paint Tricks
  
  
  I had no idea most of these existed!
  
  
  (tags: tutorial)
  
  
• As the crow flies: birds flee Tehran's polluted air
  
  
  The only living things left in the city of Tehran are the people.
  
  (oh, and probably rats and roaches. But still.)
  
  
  (tags: doom pollution news)
  
  
• Jet Engine Wind Turbine Design Could Halve Wind Power Electricity Costs
  
  
  Prototype wind turbine with a design like a jet engine could revolutionise wind energy
  
  
  (tags: windfarm renewables news)
  
  
• Residents vote to take ownership of Scottish island of Rum
  
  
  Previously owned by SNH and run as a tightly controlled nature reserve, the Island of Rum now belongs to the inhabitants. Time until some idiot decides it's a great spot for a water sports centre: 18 months
  
  
  (tags: news SNH island)
  
  
• Tags reveal birds' ocean odyssey
  
  
  6 tagged Manx Shearwaters from Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, have revealed the migration route of an incredible little bird
  
  
  (tags: manxies birds ornithology news)
  
  
• MP suspended from Commons after picking up mace in Heathrow protest
  
  
  At least one MP attempted to make a stand. This is the only comment I'm making on Heathrow because of AAAARGH FFS!
  
  
  (tags: news doom)
  
  
• Top 10 Science Fiction Flicks For The Thinking Man
  
  
  Can we get some of these on DVD and watch them please?
  
  
  (tags: Cinema)