There seems to be a lot of stuff flying around at the moment about what the Noughties will be remembered for. What has happened in the last decade that will make it stand out from other decades? Well…
In general:
9/11?
The ‘War on Terror’ (i.e. two unjustified unending wars)?
America’s first black President?
Iran’s disputed elections?
The Large Hadron Collider?
The [...]

Check out this wicked QR Code scarf on the Craft Video Podcast. I’d knit this by hand if I was actually good enough.

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…but like Bashar al-Assad, Syria’s modern dictator.

After the death of his brother, Basil in 1994 (first in line for Presidency), Bashar left the UK and his studies in ophthalmology to assume the mantle of President in waiting. Six years later his father Hafez al-Assad (in office 1971-2000) died and the new President arose.
Unlike Hafez, Bashar [...]

I’m back from Egypt… now a qualified Enriched Air Advanced Open Water diver. Yeah, check me out! The weather was great, the eels a plenty and I found Nemo!

And here’s a couple of giant moray eels courtesy of Lerotic: