Offset Schmoffset

There's been a lot of talk (and a fair amount of it just a whole load of nonsense) about global warming, carbon emissions and so forth. I won't get into a debate about it here, I don't know enough to do so!

However, anything that reduces my impact on my surroundings is, to me, a good thing. I do believe in the notion that humans are rather destructive by nature, so I like when a good idea comes along to compensate for that.

http://www.terrapass.com/

Terrapass. So you've reduced your household waste, saved by reducing domestic energy usage, recycled, composted but you just don't want to get rid of that nice car you have, and you can't avoid the plane journeys. Well, the idea behind Terrapass is this: you fund research into renewable and green energy sources/reduction of carbon emissions/etcetera, with an amount of money proportional to the size of your personal carbon footprint. If you're greener, you don't need to help as much. If you're a big dirty capitalist energy wasting person like me, you pay more.

Nice idea.
Pity I don't have the money ;)

Speech Accent Archive http://accent.gmu.edu/index.php

This is a lovely little site giving you access to examples of various accents from around the world. The same paragraph is read out by each person and so it allows you to compare speakers. They give a little bit of information on the background of the speaker (geographically, linguistically, etcetera).

Why indeed I would be interested in this is a matter for a debate (probably between the little people in my head), but it grabbed my attention this morning.

Dr. Kylie

My two favourite things: Doctor Who and Kylie. In one place. Could it be?

http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,2117159,00.html

Apparently it can be! What a wonderfully amazing idea! I *heart* Russell T. Davies for making Doctor Who just that bit more gay (who thought that was even possible, considering we already have Captain Jack!)