Monthly Archive for September 2009

I awoke in a daze erm.. haze. Sydney had a touch of a mad max, post nuclear apocalyptic feel to it (pictures!).

Isn’t this just the biggest question no one seems to have an answer for? What value do insurers add to the health system in the USA? They have tens of thousands of people lobbying to pretending they add value.
The answer seems to be: “nothing good”. They are an unnecessary level of proxy between person (e.g. [...]

I can say that I either haven’t had a fixed line or known the number since about half way through uni. It seems I’m not alone according to this article: “Millions set to disconnect their fixed-line phones”.

Gotta love when we take a step closer to a prediction in a science fiction book. This step is toward animals who want to be eaten (thanks Douglas Adams).
Well, that’s not completely accurate, but it is roughly along the lines of “The Hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy” in which the dilemma for vegetarians is solved [...]

I love TED talks, I wish I had enough time to watch them all but I don’t. So I have to make do with the occasional one and spread the good ones around to people I know.

I’ve posted up about cool electric motorcycles before, now for a rocket powered pedal cycle courtesy of some insane inventor(s) somewhere in Japan.

It’s one I’ve been referring to in a few conversations lately, so here’s a TED talk by Saul Griffith about a different way to use wind power for electricity generation.