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This referred to the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/uk\/4523430.stm\">massive explosion<\/a> at an oil depot on Sunday morning which is still being put out as I type this. What the papers will say if there is a real catastrophic disaster I don\u2019t know!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Continuing last weeks map theme, here\u2019s a cool world map which has been proportioned by population volumes. No surprises for the largest countries but for some reason I always imagined that the US would have more people \u2013 I guess they just make more noise than most! Check out the full size map <a href=\"http:\/\/www.odt.org\">here<\/a> along with many others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"241\" src=\"https:\/\/randomwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/population.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-69169\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I could spend hours browsing through some of the brilliant photo sets people have put on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/\">Flickr<\/a> and even though it was brought <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.flickr.com\/flickrblog\/2005\/03\/yahoo_actually_.html\">recently<\/a> by Yahoo! it\u2019s still the best photo sharing site out there. It\u2019s like being able to look though a million different people\u2019s eyes on the world from a million different perspectives. Of course to find the gems in there you have to wade through a load of fairly low grade stuff. Why not have an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/explore\/\">explore<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" class=\"wp-image-69213\" src=\"https:\/\/randomwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pingmag.jpg\" alt=\"PingMag\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This weeks <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/randomwire\">del.ici.us<\/a> links straight from the hive mind:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pingmag.jp\/2005\/12\/09\/the-website-development-process\/\">The Website Development Process<\/a> (photo above)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web2.wsj2.com\/the_best_web_20_software_of_2005.htm\">The Best Web 2.0 Software of 2005<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.andrewlipson.com\/escher\/relativity.html\">Escher\u2019s \u201cRelativity\u201d in LEGO<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/travel\/la-fg-extreme11nov11,0,2213235.story?coll=la-home-headlines\">Bizarre Trip of a Lifetime<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes newspapers take sensationalistic headlines a bit to far \u2013 two nights ago I noticed the front of the London Evening Standard had the headline \u201cPoison Cloud to hit London\u201d \u2013 as if we were all about to be gassed the death! 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