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A tribute to the Horse

Hengest on Oct 19th 2009

Thanks Sam…

horse 756x1024 A tribute to the Horse

Where in this world can man find nobility without pride,
Friendship without envy,
Or beauty without vanity?

Here, where grace is laced with muscle,
And strength by gentleness…

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Instructables.com

Hengest on Mar 23rd 2009

A site where other people show you how to make stuff or do stuff. Even stuff that you never realise that you might want to make or do. Looking for a use for old stuff you don’t want to throw…

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Darkroastedblend.com

Hengest on Mar 23rd 2009

DRB is one of the favorite destinations on the web for all things weird and wonderful, updated daily. Our in-depth articles in many fascinating categories make DRB a highly visual online magazine, bringing you quality entertainment every time you open

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DailyLit.com

Hengest on Mar 23rd 2009

DailyLit is a site that allows you to subscribe to a vast array of books and receive a daily chunks by email or RSS. It is great for people like me who would love to read more but don’t have…

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IrfanView

Hengest on Mar 23rd 2009

I often need to quickly make small edits or size changes to images and rather than open up a fully featured editor such as Photoshop I use the excellent and very fast IrfanView

This excellent free program was first…

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Feedreader

Hengest on Mar 23rd 2009

fr4 FeedreaderThis is a great little RSS tool that I use daily. I have feeds from about 150 sites that I used to visit regularly but can now read all the updates from those sites in one place.

It is so…

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England Awake!

Hengest on Jan 11th 2009

A beautiful great lady, past her prime,
Behold her dreaming in her easy chair;
Gray robed, and veiled; in laces old and rare,
Her smiling eyes see but the vanished time,
Of splendid prowess, and of…

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Chemical Tenticles

Hengest on Sep 28th 2008

Chemical Tentacles

This is perhaps the most bizarre chemical reaction that exists – it involves a piece of mercury thiocyanide, which while decomposing produces bizarre, seemingly never-ending tentacles. Warning! do not attempt – the reaction by-products are highly toxic.

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London From the Sky at Night

Hengest on Aug 30th 2008

Looking at these awesome pictures nobody would ever guess how mush of a shit hole many parts of London have become.

Check out all the pics here.

London at night

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Slow Motion Lightning Video

Hengest on Aug 10th 2008

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