{"id":41,"date":"2004-03-06T11:05:27","date_gmt":"2004-03-06T10:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.randomwire.com\/2004\/03\/06\/chernobyl\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T22:49:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T20:49:28","slug":"chernobyl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randomwire.com\/chernobyl\/","title":{"rendered":"Chernobyl"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:11360,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/slashdot.org&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251102000044\\\/https:\\\/\\\/slashdot.org\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-02 21:31:22&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-15 22:47:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-01 22:28:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-12 12:40:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-15 17:37:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-19 21:34:38&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-23 00:38:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-30 03:53:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-03 05:41:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-07 12:35:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-12 10:00:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-22 13:23:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-30 02:20:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-06 01:14:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-13 11:15:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-18 12:21:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-09 05:47:37&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-22 12:04:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-27 12:12:08&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-02 00:37:36&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-12 20:38:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-25 11:53:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-25 11:53:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:11361,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.angelfire.com\\\/extreme4\\\/kiddofspeed\\\/page2.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20060319211712\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.angelfire.com:80\\\/extreme4\\\/kiddofspeed\\\/page2.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-02 21:31:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-16 12:53:37&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-12 12:40:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-16 18:01:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-19 21:34:39&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-23 00:38:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-30 03:53:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-03 08:25:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-10 08:27:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-06 01:14:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-09 05:47:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-27 12:12:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-02 18:20:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-14 03:55:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-14 03:55:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:11362,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.chernobyl.co.uk&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;new&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Found a fascinating link off <a href=\"http:\/\/slashdot.org\">Slashdot<\/a> today about the state of the Chernobyl \u201cdead zone\u201d 18 odd years from the disaster \u2013 the pictures of the ghost town\u2019s are particularly haunting with all the signs of everyday life cut short still very much in evidence. Its strangely reminds me of the world described in \u201cDay of the Triffids\u201d and seen in \u201c28 Days Later\u201d. Take a look at the site <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelfire.com\/extreme4\/kiddofspeed\/page2.html\">here<\/a>, and for more info on the disaster see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chernobyl.co.uk\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This weekend looks like it\u2019ll be dominated with SEG related stuff for me \u2013 I\u2019ll be writing up a fair bit of documentation and working on a big poster to advertise the project for the trade fair in just over a week. Anythings better than AI though!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Found a fascinating link off Slashdot today about the state of the Chernobyl \u201cdead zone\u201d 18 odd years from the disaster \u2013 the pictures of the ghost town\u2019s are particularly haunting with all the signs of everyday life cut short still very much in evidence. Its strangely reminds me of the world described in \u201cDay [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1028],"tags":[1424],"class_list":["post-41","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","tag-seg"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44,"url":"https:\/\/randomwire.com\/seg-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":41,"position":0},"title":"SEG Update","author":"David","date":"16th March 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Today was the infamous SEG (Software Engineering Groups) Trade Fair where the 17 different groups tout the fruits of their labors, often with a little (or sometimes a lot) of bribery! 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