October 2008
3 posts
September 2008
8 posts
Poetry
They shall grow not old As we who are left grow old Age shall not weary them Nor the years condemn At the going down of the sun And in the morning WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM!!
Google's Android vs Apple's iPhone
The first handset running Google’s Android operating system, HTC Dream, is expected to launch on T-Mobile’s network for $199 next week, the exact same price as the iPhone. Will either T-mobile or AT&T adjust their entry price point (either up or down) for the HTC Dream and the iPhone respectively in 2008?
Make your prediction.
Pub Quiz
Which element has the atomic number 1?
Elimination of waste and not just recycling
So we talk about effectiveness. Effectiveness means doing the right thing instead of doing things right which is efficiency. Look at a tree in spring, a cherry tree, completely inefficient but amazingly effective. Think about this tree which makes sure it’s not less bad, let’s make buildings which are like trees which make oxygen, which cleans the air, which are habitats for hundreds...
August 2008
13 posts
“They say there are only two certainties in this life: death and taxes.”
– Benjamin Frankling. Quite frankly I hate both, note though I don’t fear either.
This Thursday
Flo Rida, Zen Bar, Auckland. Should be fun.
Question to ask yourself
Do you support a return to capital punishment???
Put your tongue in control of devices
The tireless tongue already controls taste and speech, helps kiss and swallow and fights germs. Now scientists hope to add one more ability to the mouthy muscle, and turn it into a computer control pad.
Georgia Tech researchers believe a magnetic, tongue-powered system could transform a disabled person’s mouth into a virtual computer, teeth into a keyboard - and tongue into the key that...
“The worst thing is to get involved with people who aren’t passionate about...”
– Willem Dafoe, born August 22, 1955.
“I think I’m generation Y. I don’t know why. I think it’s what...”
– 18tracker.com respondent, ‘Hit or Shit 48’ survey - DLB.
Joke of the Day
A man died and went to Heaven. As he stood in front of the Pearly Gates, he saw a huge wall of clocks behind him. He asked, ‘What are all those clocks?’
St. Peter answered, ‘Those are Lie-Clocks.
Everyone on earth has a Lie-Clock. Every time you lie the hands on your clock move.’
‘Oh’, said the man. ‘Whose clock is that?’ ‘That’s...
“If there is a definition of freedom, it would be when you have control over your...”
– Knopfler (Dire Straits) - born 12 August 1949
“The Administrator and the magistrates should first keep in check the heads of...”
July 2008
3 posts
3 tags
6 tags
“Existentialism. Existence comes before essence. Humans are thrown into the...”
– Jean-Paul Sartre - lecture.
10 tags
Churning out what pleases
Welcome to tumblr, Lindsey said. It’s always nice to receive a warm welcome to a site that you don’t really know too much about. I am a first time user of tumblr, and by the looks of things this won’t be the last time I sign in. I stumbled upon the site through Mathew Buchanans blog, and didn’t really my first impression was that it was a spin-off of the many other free online blog services...