For those who can’t be bothered going to look it up, daylight saving starts at 2am on the last Sunday in October, and ends at 2am (3am summer time) on the last Sunday of March. This makes the dates
| Start | End | |
| 2007-2008 Summer | 28th October 2007 | 30th March 2008 |
| 2008-2009 Summer | 26th October 2008 | 29th March 2009 |
Note that I take no responsibility for any inaccuracies in the above.
Stardust is the movie you go to see to realise how crap all the other movies you go to see are. Neil Gaiman can script a story that will make you think you were meant to hear it during your childhood, surely it must have been retold many times, but that somehow you missed out on it each and every one.
Fortunately if you missed the graphic novel or the book you can now go and see it at the cinema. See it if you’re a fan of The Princess Bride (released 20 years ago!) or Ever After. See it for de Niro’s scenes, for the other scenes that will make you cry, or cry with laughter, or make you think your heart is going to stop with excitement. Witches and Princes, romance and magic abounds, strange and fabulous characters drawn into conflict by their own individual quests.
Stardust is rated PG for “Mild violence, fantasy themes, may frighten young children”.
Neil is the guy who loves to chat with his fans and spends hours of time (during which I’m sure he could be doing something much more interesting) sitting down and signing books for them. I guess that’s kind of like worshipping him as a god, for really, we are not worthy of the talent and effort he expends for us.
Swingline are contemplating adding RFID tags on every staple so you can locate those lost documents easy.
Via the Swingline site, check out the America’s Ugliest Office competition.
Thought some of you out there might be interested in this:
In his lecture, Tim will outline the dangers in pursuing a zero-risk childhood. The zero-tolerance approach to childhood risk is growing across the developed world. It can be seen in almost every domain of children’s lives, from playground accidents to child protection, anti-bullying initiatives and internet safety. Yet paradoxically, eliminating or minimising the risks to children may well leave them struggling to cope with life as they grow up.
Tim will reveal why risk elimination is becoming so prevalent, and how we can resist it. He will argue that parents, professionals and decision makers all need to become more tolerant of adversity: to accept that upsets, misfortune, uncertainty and even a little danger are all essential ingredients of a healthy, happy childhood.
On in the Octagon at 6pm on the 27th of September. Check the UWA events page for more details.
It would seem that the Northwest Passage is now open to shipping, thanks to a greater extent of summer ice meltage than in the last 30 years of satellite records.
If you’re sending anything in a shipping container you may not want to look at some of the disaster photos on this page. With thanks to Onno for the link.
Was on the bus on Tuesday and the bus driver missed a stop outside Churchlands High School. One of the students said “You missed the stop”, so the bus driver pulled over. Of course the bus was now out of the GPS zone around the bus stop, so the students with Smartriders couldn’t tag off. “Don’t worry about that” says the driver, so the students trying to tag off get off the bus.
Of course the driver doesn’t need to worry about that, the students will get charged for a trip all the way to Fremantle on the circle route because they couldn’t tag off!
This article seems to indicate that having people who’ve lived a long time contribute back into the gene pool leads to improved genes for longevity in the pool.
From A Word A Day, how we got “orange” and “newt”, amongst others.
