Every now and then technology brings a moment of magic. I remember seeing my first VHS program (James Bond!) and taking 15 mins to work out what was happening. Or the first time I saw GPS in a car. GoSkyWatch is one of those moments.

When I look at the sky at night, I see stars but have no knowledge of what they all are.

Hold your iPad up over the sky and it identifies what you’re seeing. It’s beyond incredible.

Their web site is here…

http://www.gosoftworks.com/GoSkyWatch/GoSkyWatch.html

The app is here…

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/goskywatch-planetarium/id284980812?mt=8

Found this by accident and so far it’s worked for me very well. I actually get stuff done (sort of).

It’s well worth the money and has more options than you’ll ever use.

Their web site is here…

http://www.toodledo.com/

And the app is here…

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/toodledo-to-do-list/id292755387?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D6

Upgraded almost without issue in less than an hour.

It really is very good software.

I think that the most impressive thing that I’ve seen in nature was a lightning strike in a snow storm in Chicago.

Lightning strikes three of the tallest buildings in Chicago at the same time! on Vimeo

Seriously, there is a ten minute walk between the first and second stores in Paris. What concentration are they aiming for?

Apple Store – Opéra.

I’m still loving the Orwell diaries. Reading about the early days of the war, day by day, is fantastic.

However, the shock has been how little has changed over the years. This sounds true of the papers today…

“The New Leader[4] is now talking about the “betrayal” by Pétain and Co. and the “workers’ struggle” against Hitler. Presumably they would be in favour of a “worker’s” resistance if Hitler invaded England. And what will the workers fight with? With weapons. Yet the I.L.P. clamour simultaneously for sabotage in the arms factories. These people live almost entirely in a masturbation fantasy, conditioned by the fact that nothing they say or do will ever influence events, not even the turning-out of a single shell.”

27.6.40 « THE ORWELL PRIZE.