Suburbia

Cars, Meteors, Jonestown and Office Space

Here's a few things I've come across on the web, as well as just a few thoughts about things, news etc. 

Car Dealerships in Second Life:

How can you buy a Nissan, Toyota or Pontiac car for around $1US? Well, get into Second Life or course where Nissan, Toyota and Pontiac hope you will check them out. Now cars come out of vending machines...

Leonid Meteor shower:

This weekend sees the annual Leonid meteor shower happen, if you're up around 04:45 in the mornings of Friday, Saturday or Sunday then you might be able to see up to 150 meteors per hour at that time.

Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple:

Today is the 28th anniversary of the Jonestown mass suicide in Guyana, an event often referred to as 'the largest mass suicide/murder in history'. There is a documentary out now called 'Jonestown' which documents all of the background to this event.

I'm interested to see this film as I actually lived in Guyana at the time this happened. Although I was only 6 years old at the time I do have some memories of it, I was at a North American school there and I remember there being armed US Marines being stationed outside the School due to there being a bit of a backlash against the US (or at least fear of a backlash).

If you want to read more about this then there's an interesting page on Wikipedia about it. You can also see a trailer for the movie over on Quicktime.com.

Wanted: One new office:

I just found out on Friday the floor of the building where I run my business will not be available after the current lease held by Scottish Enterprise runs out. So, it seems I've now got to look for a new office! Even worse I'm probably going to have to do so before the end of December which doesn't leave much time.

It wasn't the best news to find out last thing on a friday, we had thought we were going to be able to stay on beyond the expiry of the lease but it seems the Landlord's had a better offer apparently. If you know of any nice office space around 300 - 500 square foot, preferably with a nice view then let me know ;)

~Rick