I am in the local city farm supply store, buying some chicken life support material (shell grit, vegetarian feed (no prions :), and some straw). Having just been to see MacHeads I’m wearing my “Mac Geek” t-shirt. I get to the checkout:
Her: “I like the shirt”
Me: “Thanks, it doesn’t get out much these days”
Her: “Wear it with pride”
Me: “Oh, I do” (I think that’s what I said)
Her: “I’m not a nerd I’m a 50th level paladin”
Me: “I think you spend too much time on Facebook”
Seeing as it’s coming up on two months since my last reduxion…
Unification of photos and music continuing.Channel Nine’s reports on the Mullewa riots, which have apparently been going on for four days so far seem to indicate that they started over a dispute about royalties over a “million dollar telescope”, which is presumably the Square Kilometre Array, or Murchison Widefield Array? Can’t find any online links that mention that though.
From news.com.au:
BHP Billiton chief executive Marius Kloppers said he believed there was a strong business case for paid parental leave.
“Providing a minimum global standard that is also highly competitive will help us to attract and retain the very best in the industry,” Mr Kloppers said.
“We also recognise that introducing a policy that actively encourages broad inclusion in the workplace will contribute to increasing the diversity of our workforce, which we believe will ultimately give us a strong competitive edge.”
Also includes same sex couples and adoptions. Hopefully the Rudd government will be announcing paid parental leave’s inclusion in the budget next week.
I didn’t get to the Perth Sun Fair at UWA this year, so went to the Sun Fair’s web site to check out the exhibitors. Amongst them I noticed Ecoflow, who claim to be able to reduce fuel costs by between 5 and 20%, probably by the use of magnets. (Ecoflow is advertised on their site as a “Low cost home based business… No risk with genuine ethical company”). They also offer a range of products for horses, cats, dogs, and even people.
There’s a nice page talking about Ecoflow from an engineering perspective here.
Maybe the Firepower fuel additive guys should have had a look at Ecoflow’s technology instead?
Australian Government’s Internet Censorship + National Broadband Network = National Porn-banned Network
A reminder (seeing as I forgot!) that the Perth Sun Fair’s on today (Sunday) at UWA.
For 5 people over 181 days:
Currently at this level of consumption water is costing us AU$0.643/kL
The new Facebook’s “What’s on your mind?” prompt for the status update sounded familiar to me. Of course, it’s in (amongst other things no doubt) Bladerunner…
Tyrell: Nonsense. Just a moment. Mmm. Queen to Bishop 6. Ridiculous. Queen to Bishop 6. Hmm… Knight takes Queen. — What’s on your mind Sebastian? What are you thinking about.
Roy: (whispered) Bishop to King 7. Checkmate.
Sebastian: Bishop to King 7. Checkmate, I think.
Tyrell: Got a brainstorm, huh, Sebastian? Milk and cookies kept you awake, huh? Lets discuss this. You better come up, Sebastian.
Lifted from the script here.
I hope the new version turns out better for FB than it did for Tyrell
The Australian reports that Kevin Rudd met with Chinese propaganda, media and ideology chief Li Changchun in secret before heading to Washington.
Perhaps our Prime Minister is getting some hints on how to implement the Great Firewall of Australia as part of the new Australian internet censorship scheme.
