Ad for a funeral company
September 27, 2008
This is a great ad for a funeral arrangements company!
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The modern shape of Universities
September 6, 2008
A thought provoking comment from the Slashsot comments: “Google started off running on Stanford equipment, and was spun off, as happens frequently at Stanford. Sun and Cisco also started with Stanford people and equipment. Stanford has become a real estate company and a venture capital firm that runs a university on the side for the [...]
There’s going to be a bloody revolution
September 5, 2008
“The decree says the aim is to centralize and analyze data on people aged 13 or above who are active in politics or labor unions, who play a significant institutional, economic, social or religious role, or who are “likely to breach public order.” The information that can be collected includes addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, [...]
Democracy becomes a plebocratic
September 2, 2008
“OhBoyObama! is a new website that allows you to submit your ideas for the campaign and vote on ideas submitted by other Obama supporters. It’s like Digg for campaign strategy – the best ideas get voted to the top. Just go to http://www.OhBoyObama.com , register as a new user, and start voting or submit your [...]
Go Michelle!
August 26, 2008
This is a WONDERFUL speech by Michelle Obama: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7581511.stm
30% of the workforce will retire in 10 years.
August 25, 2008
As the baby boomers shuffle along the mortal coil, and the Polish trot home having turned lead (Pb) into gold, the workforce is going to diminish by 30% in the next 10 years. The question is, does this mean we have a skills shortage, an environmentally and economically healthy drop in demand and supply across [...]
Funny as hell. Wait until the end!
August 20, 2008
Here’s a chap driving on Salvia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp2V6NXCkE0
What is my role?
August 17, 2008
Ollie and I were talking a while back about how good it would be if we told each other more how we really perceive each other. But sometimes we find it hard, for all sorts of reasons. There’s an related post to be written about tarot cards, but, until then, I happened upon this way [...]