Avalanche on Ruapehu

Although currently based in London I'm originally from New Zealand. So when my friend sent me this link about an enormous avalanche on Mount Ruapheu, an active volcano in the North Island of New Zealand, it had quite an impact. I have climbed to the top of this mountain and skied down from the summit several times. And never once considered that it could be a serious avalanche risk, I never thought we had enough snow in New Zealand for serious avalanches.

This has to be the biggest avalanche I have ever seen truly amazing stuff.

Thanks for the link Barry.

New Game - Sony Ericsson W810i

I just bought this new cell phone and it's really quite a big upgrade from my last one. This cell phone has a 2 megapixel camera, Mp3 player (with memory stick support up to 2 gig), internet support (it runs opera) and normal cell phone functions. What surprised me the most was the quality on the camera, up until recently cell phones have had crap cameras but this one is capable of taking shots that you can post on flickr. Which means I now have a camera on me at all times, providing I don't get mugged because some punk also likes my new game. I'm pretty happy it's certainly an all in one tool. Here are the specs

Bhutan's happiness formula

The BBC has a photo survey on Bhutan's quest for happiness, both amazing images and amazing facts about Bhutan's quest for happiness. Bhutan takes happiness so seriously its part of its government policy, they even measure GNH, Gross National Happiness.