Archive for May, 2004

The Frozen-Water Trade

Sunday, May 30th, 2004

I picked this book up upon when I listened to an extract read on the BBC World Service several months ago. It spoke of a wild venture by a New England businessman to ship ice from Boston to the tropics. It seemed to me a fantastic and improbably story.
The very fact that […]

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Lord of the Rings Redux

Saturday, May 15th, 2004

I visited the Singapore Science Centre to see the Lord of the Rings Exhibition today. After the excitement over the last three years, the props are now touring the world. It ends its stay here on 4 Jun, so a few friends decided that we’d better visit before its gone.
The exhibition had lots […]

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