http://www.flickr.com/photos/lincolnian/2334848100/

Wheel & Wood by Lincolnian

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3042537.html

A Chinese schoolteacher is preparing to cross the 112 mile-wide Taiwan Straits in a paper boat. Zhu says his boat will be nearly 6ft long, the bottom will be 2ins thick and it will be strong enough to carry two people.

Two inches thick? That’s called wood. Move along… Nothing to see here.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1785385.ece

ENGLAND star Wayne Rooney has been nicknamed Mr T after screaming like a baby when a plane hit a storm.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7660347.stm

Uefa president Michel Platini has launched a scathing attack on the influx of foreign owners in the Premier League over the last few years.

He said: “If you bring people from Qatar and there is no-one from Liverpool or Manchester at the club, where is Liverpool or Manchester?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/06/mifare_hack_finally_published/

From the page: “Boffins (finally) publish hack for world’s most popular smartcard”

http://www.open2.net/storyofmaths/

Marcus du Sautoy, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford, escorts you through the most important of all intellectual disciplines.

http://www.sarahdolby.co.nz/Paintings_Eleven.html

Sarah Dolby – ‘Eleven’
Oil on Linen

http://www.cultcase.com/2008/10/contemplating-kate-moss-rolls-in-as.html

Contemplating Kate: Moss Rolls in as a 21st Century Muse

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/education/7649308.stm

A Times Educational Supplement poll of 6,162 UK teachers found that 22% of secondary school teachers would support the right to use corporal punishment in extreme cases.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/education/7650466.stm

I’ve always felt that learning music in any manner; whether an actual instrument, musical appreciation or dabbling with “beats”, has a positive influence on many other aspects of learning and increases “brain power”.