Black out Tucson

Today most of western Tucson suffered a series of power cuts spanning much of the morning and early afternoon. 25,000 homes were cut off (including ours) aswell as the university, frying computer servers, networks and delicate connection nodes across the campus. IT technicians we're literally in tears watching their beloved systems being abused in this way. And the culprit? The usual incompetent digger operator working on the nearby freeway! He'll be sure to get a tongue lashing from his boss!

In other news, scientists in Florida have reconstructed voices of Neanderthal humans from the fossil records! It's true! Aparently they spoke differently to us without some of the basic vowels sounds that make up modern language allowing us, for example, to tell the difference between "beat" and "bit". And from South Africa, 2 19th century Rhino horns stolen from a museum have been deemed "life threateningly dangerous". Museum workers say they thieves have put themselves in a greater danger than that of arrest since the horns are coated in poison! I like this sort of counter-productive assault on criminals. "I've got your Rhino horn!", "You've got arsenic poisoning!"

Now Tucson has seemingly recovered from the black-outs, it's back to working. It's amazing how much you rely on your computer for work and internet for communication, especially when you haven't got it. It was a chance to chill by the pool and read a book though - getting a sun tan at the same time in this glorious weather us Arizonan's are enjoying. Anyway, it's back to work.
Laters!