Interesting Links for 8-9-2011

[andrewducker]

• Gay Homophobe - counting down the number of days since a prominent homophobe turned it to be gay.
  (tags: funny politics lgbt conservative usa)
• The West Lothian Question will finally be answered.
  (tags: scotland uk government politics)
• Minecraft Makes Little Girls Cry.
  (tags: minecraft funny)
• Gay blood donations ban likely to be lifted
  (tags: lgbt blood UK gay)
• Git Is Simpler Than You Think
  (tags: git programming development tools tutorial)
• The cutest thing in the world is apparently two otters floating around, napping, holding hands
  (tags: otter cute video)
• Why is the Windows registry a hierarchical database instead of a relational one?
  (tags: windows software)
• 20 astonishing holiday complaints. My favourite is number 5.
  (tags: holidays complaints travel)
• The India-Pakistan Border As Seen From Space
  (tags: india pakistan photo)
• 100 time more Patriot Act warrants have been issued for drugs as for terrorism
  (tags: law crime drugs government politics usa)
• UK church attendance down 18% in ten years - down 90% in people under 20. One generation to go?
  (tags: religion christianity uk)
• Fake tan: How did it become the new normal?
  (tags: tan sun beauty UK)
• Giant red crabs invade Antarctica. No, really!
  (tags: crabs antarctic life globalwarming)

Comments

[nmg.livejournal.com]

Good grief!

We (ias, the then three year old garklet and I) spent a week in Malta last Easter. At the pace we were sightseeing, a week wasn't enough to see all that we wanted to see. For example, we visited the neolithic temples at Mnajdra, Ħaġar Qim and Tarxien (including the Hypogeum) in a day, whereas we could have easily spent a day and a half. I could have spent a full day in the National War Museum, but the wee lad was flagging after a couple of hours. On the flip side, we were flagging after two hours at the Playmobil factory, where he would happily have stayed in all day.

Besides which, after you've seen all the places on the tourist trail, you can explore the north of the island, go to Gozo, or take the boat to Sicily (we managed only the first).