12.29.2008

And it feels like....




1000 aplications have gone out.

Still waiting on a response...


Will there be anything after the 1st of January 2009.

Is there anyone willing to support the project...


Time will tell... Only problem is that time might be running out...
if it hasn't already?

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11.17.2008

Coworker Has That Excuse That's Going Around

Ladies & Gents, one site I highly recommend you read is The Onion @ http://www.theonion.com/

It is worth checking out and here is a taste of what they write about.

(And just so I don't get sued for copyright
- YES this is directly copied from their website)


Coworker Has That Excuse That's Going Around

ANN ARBOR, MI—Digital Copy Shoppe employee Don Newson, 38, called in to work on Wednesday complaining that he was certain he had come down with the 24-hour excuse that has been going around. "My back is killing me, I feel stuffed up, and I have this pounding headache," said Newson, citing the initial symptoms of the excuse, which often afflicts those who are already late for work. "It sucks, because I want to come in, but I don't want anyone else to catch what I've got. I should be fine after sleeping for a couple days." Newson has placed himself on a strict regimen of watching the past six episodes of Entourage on HBO on Demand to cure the excuse.

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11.16.2008

The Breakfast Club


Well since most of the sms's, messages, emails etc I get each day from listeners always say they listen from 8am - Ladies & Gent I am pleased to announce The Breakfast Club with Jay on Wisby FM has now changed times from 7-10am to 8-11am weekday mornings!

I mean why be there and hour earlier if no one is listening? ;)



11.15.2008

11.13.2008

"Iraq War Ends"


According to Reuters, a group known as the Yes Men have handed out more than 1.2 million fake New York Times newspapers mainly in New York City and Los Angeles on Wednesday with a front page story declaring "Iraq War Ends."

Other headlines declared that the "Maximum Wage Law Succeeds," "Nationalized Oil to Fund Climate Change Efforts" and "Nation Sets Its Sights On Building Sane Economy."

There is also a full page fake advertisement on page three from the world's largest publicly traded oil company Exxon Mobil saying the company applauded the end of the Iraq war and that peace is "an idea the world can profit from."

The elaborate 14-page edition, dated July 4, 2009, is said to be the work of a group called the Yes Men, whose previous hoaxes include masquerading as World Trade Organisation officials announcing they were disbanding the body.

The Yes Men, who were the subject of a book and documentary in 2004, have pulled off pranks including posing as Exxon Mobil and National Petroleum Council representatives to deliver a speech at a Canadian oil conference.

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11.11.2008

I'll never complain again...


Well Ladies & Gents next time you miss the bus and have to walk think of this...

Children in a remote part of China are facing a hazardous walk to school like you wouldn't believe. Why? - because it is halfway up a sheer cliff.

The school in Gulu village, Sichuan province, lies halfway up a mountain and climbing up from the base takes five hours. And to top it off villagers say going to school is very dangerous for the children, since the path is only 1ft 4ins wide at the narrowest point and has a sheer drop on one side.

The school has five concrete buildings and a playground with a basketball hoop made of two wooden poles and a broken blackboard. However, the children are allowed to only pat the balls, as if they throw them and they go over the edge of the cliff, it would take half a day to retrieve them.

According to reports in the West China City Daily, the elementary school has only one teacher who has been there for 26 years. Shen Qijun, 45, the teacher, has threatened to quit several times, but each time the villagers plead with him to stay as there would be nobody else to teach their children.

It was not me - it was the no armed man!

According to reports in Ananova, police in Germany are hunting a thief with no arms who managed to walk out of a shop with a 24-inch TV.

Two accomplices used clamps to fix the TV to his body before helping him out of the store in Munich, Germany and according to the report staff did not realise what had happened until they noticed a TV was missing from its stand and looked back at CCTV recordings.

A police spokesman said: "It's hard to believe that the sight of an armless man walking along with a giant TV clamped to his body did not get anyone's attention."

But then again it is Germany and they never seem to notice much... including bad hairstyles.

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10.15.2008

Laziness Taken to New Heights!


A man by the name of Kevin Pyle has been named one of the laziest in Britain after it was discovered that he walked his pet dog while sitting in his car. According to reports in the Daily Telegraph, Mr Pyle's son drives the car slowly around the block whilst Mr Pyle sits in the passenger seat and holds the dogs lead through the window to allow the dog to walk beside.

Mr Pyle, who claims he covers an average of four miles per week said: "It sounds terrible that I take Bruce for a walk like that, but it saves me from getting wet when it's raining. He really enjoys it and it saves my legs."

In response Mr Pyle's son, who was the one that nominated his father for the award said, "My dad is the laziest person I know. When he gets in from work he has a bath and goes straight to bed. He just lies there and watches the TV... He even shouts down the stairs for us to go up and turn the channel over for him. But even we couldn't believe it when he came up with the idea to take Bruce for a walk like that."

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10.09.2008

The Breakfast Club....


Where the hell is the morning show? ... people have been asking

Well Ladies & Gents never fear Jay is here, well at least I will be back soon. I have been running back and forth for the last few weeks trying to fix things for the future of the station, but after this weekend things shall return to normal and The Breakfast Club with Jay shall be running like always between 7am to 10am on Wisby FM 89,2 .

So jump out of bed, strap on your seatbelt and get ready.... for something

10.07.2008

Cooking with Balls - The Book!

Well here you have it... A Serbian chef has published what he claims is the world's first testicle recipe book, and naturally has chosen the catchy name to title it: The Testicle Cookbook - Cooking With Balls.

Hailed as the world's first testicle recipe collection, the cookbook includes the authors favourite dishes, like testicle pizza, battered testicles and and barbecued testicles and giblets.

But never fear, if you're like me and don't have time to read because of the imminent stress of day to day life then Ladies and Gents the Cooking With Balls E-book is for you! It comes with complete photos as well as step-by-step instructions.

Testicle Pie:
Step 1. "Wash testicles thoroughly for 30-45 minutes,"
Step 2. "Once softened, mince them in a mincer."
and so on...

The author, Erovic, 45, is self-taught in the art of testicle cuisine but his 20 years of "cooking with balls" make him a world authority in the field. He also organises the World Testicle Cooking Championship, held annually in Serbia since 2004. It draws in chefs from Australia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Norway and Serbia. One tonne of testicles are prepared for the event.

According to the final chapet of Cooking With Balls Erovic says that "When not cooking or eating testicles, or helping others to do so, (Erovic) now runs a company involved in the maintenance of medical and dental equipment."

All I can say is I hope he washes his hands before touching the toothbrush...

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Technology Catches Up...

A recent report in Reuters has stated that U.S. researchers have found a way to make efficient silicon-based solar cells that are flexible enough to be rolled around a pencil and transparent enough to be used to tint windows on buildings or cars.

John Rogers of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, who led the research said in the interview, "We can make it thin enough that we can put it on plastic to make a rollable system. You can make it gray in the form of a film that could be added to architectural glass... It opens up spaces on the fronts of buildings as opportunities for solar energy."

Which means Ladies and Gents that the entire surface area of skyskrapers, your car, your home and theoretically everything can become one giant solar cell!

Typically solar energy has been too expensive and bulky to been seen as a viable substitute for conventional methods but now due to this technological breakthrough plus the higher oil prices and a wider realisation that climate change is real it seems finally... and I do mean finally that solar energy shall soon be in high demand.

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Why Not?


According to Ananova, a Russian man is now facing a prison sentence after he ate his ex-wife's passport during an argument.

Russian police arrested Ivan, 31, after he tore up ex-wife Anna's passport and then ate all the pieces.

According to the report a police spokesman said, "They had just got divorced but the couple remained living in the same flat."

So Ladies and Gents the reason why he did this according to police was... "He wanted to destroy the passport as it was the woman's only official document which proved she had the right to stay living in the house."

Ivan has been now been charged with destroying official documents and threatening behaviour, and the good news is that Anna apparently never travelled outside of Russia, so therefore Ivan did not recieve ink poisoning...

9.25.2008

Purely Amazing...


Ladies and Gents - if only there were more people like this...
the world would truly be a better place.

According to reports in Ananova, a Hungarian pensioner is now living on the streets after giving up his home and life savings to a children's hospital.

The man, 85-year-old Joe Csarmaz, now lives in a cardboard box after selling his house and all his possessions to buy X-ray and heart scanning machines.

He raised over 1.2 million SEK for the a Childrens' Clinic in Budapest where he used to work before he retired.

Mr Csarmaz said: "I feel sad for those children who can not live a full life because they are sick. I have lived 85 years, and now I think it is their turn to be happy... That is why I do not mind living in absolute poverty, knowing that at least they'll be better off."

9.24.2008

Vasa what?


So, in the Local.se it said "Fresh research has shed light on what exactly is breaking down the wooden hull of the centuries old Vasa war ship housed in one of Stockholm's’s most popular museums."

As we know (or many do) the infamous Vasa sank on its maiden voyage in 1628. Then it lay on the bed of Stockholm's harbour for more than 300 years until being lifted from the sea bottom in the early 1960s, and restored. So I have to ask the obvious question of - why... why did the bother restoring it in the first place?

Is it to celebrate one of the greatest misadventures in Swedish boating engineering that has ever occured in history?

I find it amazing that so much time and energy has been put into restoring something that is, in a nutshell - a complete failure! Of course they make a massive amount of revenue by all the visitors to the museum today, but isn't there something else they could have displayed instead of promoting their shortcomings? Say like largest meatball in the world or an Ikea sofa. At least it would be something to be proud of!

9.18.2008

Environmentally Friendly Clubbing


Well here we go Ladies & Gents!

Now we can even be 'eco-friendly' when we go out clubbing. According to a report in Reuters, a club where dancers generate power to light the floor, toilets flush with rain water and drinks come in recyclable cups opened in the Netherlands a few weeks ago with the hope to lure environmentally conscious clubbers.


The club, named Rotterdam's WATT, is designed to save about 30% on energy and carbon emissions and 50% on water and waste compared to other nightclubs. It has included sustainable elements into everything from its architecture right down to its cafe menus, which is mainly sourced locally and from organic producers.

The main showpiece at WATT is a dance floor on which the lights become more dynamic as more people dance around on it. In other words the more you dance the more the lights come to life and a meter on the side shows how much power is being generated.

Another interesting twist is that the architects behind WATT say they have attempted to create a 'bathroom experience' as you watch rain water from the roof travel through transparent pipes when you flush.

The project, which they now hope to export was one of the finalists for last year's €500,000 'Green Challenge' prize juried by billionaire Sir Richard Branson.

9.16.2008

Sick... (continued)


I am still sick.
Went on air yesterday...
sounded terrible.

No radio today.

It still sux.


Nuf said...


9.11.2008

The end... is nigh (part two)


According to international media, a teenage girl in India has killed herself after fearing the Big Bang experiment in Switzerland may cause the world to end.
Local Indian authorities said the 16-year-old girl from Madhya Pradesh drank pesticide and was rushed to the hospital but died later.

The girl, named Chayya, killed herself after watching doomsday predictions made on Indian news programmes, her father said....

9.10.2008

Sick...


I am sick.
No radio today.
It sux.
Nuf said...


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9.09.2008

The end... is nigh


According to the Sydney Morning Herald Newspaper, the world's biggest instrument - a $9 billion atom-smasher that will recreate conditions not seen since a split second after the big bang 14 billion years ago - will be switched on this Wednesday.

Built 100 metres below the Swiss countryside by CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, the collider will fire two beams of particles in opposite directions around a 27-kilometre ring at almost the speed of light. When the beams collide head on, they will create fireballs and showers of subatomic debris never witnessed before.

It has been heralded as a monumental creation that will reveal the fundamental nature of the universe, but also as a doomsday machine that could destroy the planet. A physicist from the University of Sydney, Kevin Varvell, said the impacts could produce man-made mini black holes, reveal that the universe has extra dimensions that are normally curled up, and throw light on the nature of the mysterious dark matter which makes up most of the cosmos.

The scientists in the article said they have designed and built the machine on the "current ideas and theories" about the creation of the universe and they also predict the "results the machine should have." They don't even bloody know!!

Now my question is this, once upon a time these 'so-called' scientists also 'knew' that the world was flat! So are we really willing to trust them now when they have decided to play God?

I don't mind if they play around with stupid ideas and continue trying to send doughnuts into space to feed the alien police, but they said that their machine may create mini black holes here on earth, and they still don't know what a black hole actually is or why it expands!

Of course the fact that we, the human race, might have just possibly built the ultimate doomsday device doesn't even get front page news or recognintion. Instead it's covered with photos of Britney, with a half shaven head, holding her MTV awards.

And still like the sheep we are, we keep buying these magazines because what happens in the life of Britney apparently is more important than the survival of our planet....

9.05.2008

I bet someone wasn't expecting this when they applied for ironing duties...


For all the lovers of weird and whacky..... and slightly grotesque.

A Swiss man has sold his elaborate Virgin Mary tattoo created by Belgian artist Wim Delvoye . The transaction which is a first of its kind fetched 150,000 euro, with the other main stipulation being that the 35-hour work can be removed from the bearer's skin upon death and handed to its owner.

My only question is - I'm guessing the skin will be wrinkly right... so who is the poor bastard that gets the 'ironing duties' at this art gallery??

The tattoo will go on show for the first time next week in Singapore and Shanghai.

9.02.2008

Human evolution - not our greatest accomplishment


Well Ladies and Gents here you go! According to a new study if you ever get lost and need to find north, locate a cow because they reportedly align themselves with Earth's north-south magnetic fields when grazing or resting.

Scientists have now used Google Earth to study the alignment of 8510 cows in 308 pastures around the world. It is already known that many species use the Earth's magnetic field to navigate across the planet. Examples include migratory turtles, salmon, termites and birds.

The animals are thought to use their own internal magnets made of crystals of magnetite.

So my obvious question is this. If we, 'the dominant species' are so smart then why didn't we (if you believe in Darwinism) evolve into something better than we are! If I could decide then three things would be different:
  1. First we would have this 'magnetic sense' so that we don't waste our time with GPS systems that tell us "you have arrived at our location" just after you accidently drive into the local pond because you truly believed that little voice would never lie.

  2. Second... gills. Need I say more? If we had gills like fish then we could breath underwater - just imagine - the possibilities are endless! It would bring a whole new meaning to the good old bath routine.

  3. And finally, the most obvious of them all - WHERE THE HELL ARE OUR GOD DAMN WINGS??? Think about it, no need for cars, and definately no need for these so-called 'eco-cars' that yes, help the environment, but are so overpriced that only a slim few can afford.
Yes Ladies & Gents it is undeniable - we have indeed got the short end of the stick!

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8.28.2008

The Travelling Circus....

The travelling circus.... that's what it feels like right now - but in a good way. I'm on my first family holiday with my better half and our 6-week-old baby boy, Little D. It feels awesome to be away. The moment we get back it's time to pack and start moving house; something which I have done far too many times to find exciting anymore. Still with the experience at hand it only takes us 2 minutes to pack up and ship out!

Well what can I tell you about my trip. Not much actually... We're in Karlstad at the moment, which is a nice little town in the middle of Sweden somewhere. It seems to be a nice place to visit, and since my better half is studying at the university here, I guess we'll be back again and again and again... So of course I signed up for the bonus card system at the hotel. Apparently if I come here 1 million times I get a free newspaper!

But the trip over was good, just a pity (in my opinion) that Swedes don't seem to know how to drive. Which is strange since it costs them an average of 1,500 euro, where as back home it only costs 150 euro and we have no snow. The best part is when someone tries to cut you off and you give them the finger - haha they have no idea how to react except to give you a dirty look!
...Oh well maybe they are the good drivers and I'm terrible.

So tomorrow it's of to Stockholm, that's right ladies and gents it's time for the biannual bilateral Ikea visit! It's also one of the joys of moving house - finding out that none of your funiture matches (not even the knives and forks) and having to go off to buy a new set 'just to fit'. AND this time 'Lucky Jay' not only gets to put together 1000 pieces of funiture and then sit there for an hour wondering where the extra screw goes. This time I even get to put a whole new kitchen together! Woobloodyhoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Haha anyway, I should stop being so cynical I guess. I'm on holidays for a few days, my baby boy just started to giggle and smile, and life in general is excellent at the moment.

So... I hope you're all still lisetening to The Breakfast Club on Wisby FM (http://www.wisbyfm.se/) with me? I pre-recorded 9 hours worth of stuff for the three days I'm away, so hopefully at least a few 1000 people are tuning in and finding it ironic that even when I pre-record I still make a fool of myself ;-)

Oh... and if you are wondering if we have heard anything from Gotlands Kommun (council) ???The answer is 'No'.... but we're still crossing those fingers, holding the thumbs and waiting...


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8.24.2008

And so it begins...

Well the weekend has come and gone and now it's time to get back into the rhythm of work.

This week should be fun as always. I swear there's nothing better than waking up early, drinking 6 gallons of coffee and switching on the microphone one more time. This week is full of new stuff. We have a correspondent working from Målmo in the south of Sweden and another from Göteborg on the west coast. So even if we are a local station, it'll be great to get some live news from around the country (instead of me just reading the papers).

Also, fingers crossed Wisby FM hears back from Gotlands Kommun (council) sometime this week with some positive news. I've received a massive response for the 2 blogs I wrote last week. Which is nice to 2 reasons:
  1. It means people agree and
  2. Well, quite simply, it means that people are reading the blog!
Anyway, back to work and getting ready for tomorrow.

....alas there is no olympics to entertain us anymore.
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8.20.2008

Grandma with Attitude!

So, on Sunday afternoon a 85-year-old grandma in the USA has boldly gone where no grandma has gone before...

When a 17-year-old wanna-be robber broke into her house, instead of just handing over the cash she went for her gun. Then to top it off she held the .22-caliber revolver pointed at the kid, forced him to call police and report what he was doing, and then kept him there until the police arrived!

The kid is now to be charged with attempted burglary and related offenses in juvenile court.

But I wonder what was worse for the kid:
  1. Getting caught
  2. Explaining to his fellow inmates how he got caught, or
  3. Having to listen to her war stories and how cheap things were when she was young for the 35 minutes until police arrived...

And so we try... Kommunen (Part 2)

How did we go with Gotlands Kommun (council) you ask?

Well it didn't go good or bad... In other words we didn't get a yes or a no. Instead we got advice.

Ahh good old advice, its great to get, but sadly doesn't pay the bills. This was the third department of the Kommun we have spoken to, and it seems now that we will take contact with a forth.

It's funny though, each time we meet we get a response of "Great project, great idea but it's not our department that can help - it is this one...."

I wonder if we will have a moment of Zen, when we end up at the department we started with and the circle becomes complete.

It seems strange to me that they don't jump on the idea saying "This is fantastic, this is unique, this is a great idea for the youth of Gotland! We want to be involved, we must be involved!"

But as I said it didn't go badly either. We are to have another meeting in a week or two where we will present our papers and see if there is anything we can do together. So once again fingers crossed.

Oh well as I pointed out yesterday another project here on Gotland has so far received 66million kronor - I repeat 66million! and now even though the project was unsuccessful they will receive a further 2 years of financial support. Did I make the point yesterday that with that budget we could run for the next 44years??

I think I did, but sometimes it is good to repeat things.
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8.19.2008

And so we try... Kommunen

Well here we go! That's all I can say...

Today we have a meeting with Gotlands Kommun (council) to see whether they are interested or as they say in Swedish, 'om dom vill satsa' on our project and for the youth of Gotland.
  • We have an unbelievable project combining the radio, school newspaper, web radio and internet mediums all at once.
  • We are able to connect all the kids on the island and give them a 'voice' in all mediums.
  • We are able to provide education and training. (and have people waiting)
  • We are able to create jobs. (and have people waiting)
  • We are able to sell Gotland to the tourists from overseas and the mainland.
  • We are 100% unique in what we do, and what we are tring to acheive.
  • AND Ladies and Gents we are 100% Gotlandic. We transmit 24hours from Gotland, and are the only onces who do! As they say "Gotlands Egna och Enda Radiostation."
So, will they or wont they - that my friends is the golden question. We have all read in the newspaper about the money that has been given else where and nothing happened with it.

For example one project has got of 66million kronor so far, and hasn't produced anything. With a budget like that we could run for the next 44years. They have only been running for what... 4 or 5?

And don't forget that 'amazing tv' channel that got 4.5million kronor for 6 months - that's 3 years for us.

Because of this we decided to start and finance Wisby FM ourselves until we knew that we had a project that worked. Well now we have, plus we have kids and students contacting us daily wanting to join and looking for experience, training and work.

So fingers crossed, or as they say in Swedish - hold your thumbs!

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8.13.2008

So what happens now?




Only 2 days left until Ulas quits the Breakfast Club again, it's been a wicked 12 weeks with both of us together again and back on air. But now my head is ticking over a million ideas on what to do after he leaves.



Why is he leaving? Well apparently looking after and counting other peoples money is fun and even more than doing the radio with me... oh well Good Luck I say! I'm gonna stay home and count my own 2 kronor after work instead.. haha

So, should I search for another co-host, or should I fly solo like before? That is the million dollar question... Or actually it's the Zero dollar question because we can't afford to hire anyone right now.

Half of me loves to have a co-host in the morning who I can chit-chat with and bounce ideas off, but the other half thinks 'nah screw it, go solo like before'.

Well time will tell what happens with the Breakfast Club, but for now each morning I'll be there drinking my badly brewed coffee and trying to put a smile on the listeners face once more. So stay tuned and see... well I guess hear you soon!

Where art thou?

Where the hell have I been some people are asking...
The answer - on holidays!

The last few weeks has been an amazing time:

First I welcomed my baby boy, Damien Oliver Brooks into the world on the 16th of July
Then as a surprise my father arrived from Australia.
And few days later I celebrated my birthday.

Of course we also had the Gotland Medieval Festival aka The Star Trek Convention last week, which thank god we all survived once again...

Now it's back to work at Wisby FM...

So what happens now? Well the Olympics are on, and being the Olympic junky that I am every day I'll be hosting the Breakfast Club/watching the tv.... possibly both at the same time.

6.26.2008

Are the Dutch smoking a bit too much?

I read in the newspaper yesterday that thousands of people in the Netherlands say they expect the world to end in 2012, and to get ready many say they are taking precautions to prepare for the apocalypse. While theories on the supposed catastrophe varied, most tied the 2012 date to the end of the Mayan calendar.

Now the funniest part of it all is that many of those interviewed are stocking up on emergency supplies, including life rafts and other equipment. Maybe I am stupid, maybe I am slow.... but doesn't an apocalypse mean the end of civilisation?

So my obvious question is - how do you prepare for that? If we are facing extinction in 2012, then there is nothing to prepare for, because the entire idea of extinction is that there will be no tomorrow...

Another great part of the story that shows the stupidity of it all, came from the racist front in the Netherlands who said, "You know, maybe it's really not that bad that the Netherlands will be destroyed. I don't like it here anymore. Take immigration, for example. They keep letting people in. And then we have to build more houses, which makes the Netherlands even heavier. The country will sink even lower, which will make the flooding worse."

The scariest part of it all (aside from our extinction) is that the racist front has major support politically in the Netherlands. But never fear there is justice in this world, and karma has a way of getting its revenge. We saw that when they got kicked out in the UEFA Cup a few days ago.

6.13.2008

God Damn Gotlandic Gold Mine!

(Quick bit of background - Gotland is the island where I am currently living - and every summer there is a major algae problem in the baltic sea which surrounds it. And the government keeps trying to fix it but fails)

So...I was reading in the newspaper that the Netherlands-based airline KLM has said it will begin testing fuel made from algae after summer. KLM announced that the Dutch company 'AlgaeLink' has signed an exclusive contract to provide the airline with fuel for the pilot project. The airline said AlgaeLink's fuel will initially be mixed with conventional fuel, but the ultimate goal of the project is to fuel 50 planes from KLM's fleet with full tanks of the algae-based kerosene by 2010.

Think about it - we have a massive problem in the Baltic Sea and around Gotland with algae, well so we thought. People of Gotland, we are sitting (or swimming in) a god damn gold mine!

Just imagine if we could use the algae and turn it into petrol. 2 things could happen, we could:

1. Create jobs and lower the unemployment rate on Gotland.
2. Lower the petrol price - afterall Gotlandic people currently pay the highest price in the country.

But of course chance are that it wouldn't work. Instead:

1. The goverment would probably outsource the work.
2. And they would sell the company that turns it into petrol to a foreign country.

Anyway, KLM said it expects to save millions of dollars a year in fuel costs and carbon dioxide fines by switching to the carbon dioxide-neutral fuel.

6.12.2008

The irony of the legal system…


On the 12th of June two things happened in History:

1. Anti-apartheid activist and ANC leader Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison in South Africa

2. Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman are murdered outside her home in Los Angeles, California. O.J. Simpson is later acquitted of the killings.

Think about this...

The first was sentenced to life in prison and released 27-years later.

The second was found not guilty and ended up writing an autobiography that went on to make millions...

In other words the guilty went free, the innocent got punished. That dear firends is the irony of it all...