We've received some more follow-up material on the happy-at-work conference. Suna Christensen is an anthropologist who participated, and has now written a short report on the conference. It's fascinating reading, and here's one of my favourite bits:
Work life and private, personal life is traditionally two separate worlds. But through inclusion of being human … Continue Reading ››
Unemployment
Bad astronomy
Philip Plait debunks weird, pseudoscientific claims at his excellent webiste badastronomy.com. Here's his take on what it's like to stand up for science:
Have you ever gone to a carnival, or a fair of some kind, and played the game "Whack-a-Mole"? It's a table with holes in it, and little mechanical rodents pop their … Continue Reading ››
Have you ever gone to a carnival, or a fair of some kind, and played the game "Whack-a-Mole"? It's a table with holes in it, and little mechanical rodents pop their … Continue Reading ››
Better than sex
Inspired by this list of things that are the new black, here's a Google-assisted list of stuff that is better than sex:
Baseball, Beer, Chocolate, Climbing, Coffee, E-mail, Fencing, Fishing, Food, Gardening, … Continue Reading ››
Baseball, Beer, Chocolate, Climbing, Coffee, E-mail, Fencing, Fishing, Food, Gardening, … Continue Reading ››
Scott Kurtz is a genius
Scott Kurtz is the writer/artist of the PVP online somic strip, and at the recent San Diego Comics convention, he made an announcement that may change the future of newspaper comics syndication:
But I've already become attached to the idea of seeing PvP in the papers, and that's why I've decided to start a new … Continue Reading ››
But I've already become attached to the idea of seeing PvP in the papers, and that's why I've decided to start a new … Continue Reading ››
Yaaaaay
They're here. Should keep me busy for a while :o)
More books
Alan Moore on media, fascism and more
That might be a horrifying notion but I'm sure there are people who think of television as perhaps one of their most intimate friends. And if the TV tells them that things in the world are a certain way, even if the evidence of their senses asserts it is not true, they'll probably believe the … Continue Reading ››
The Daily show
Thanks to an entry on Boingboing, I just discovered that Comedy Central has 100's of clips from the Daily Show online. Here are a few of my favourites:
Jon Stewart on conventional wisdom
Gay marriage and box turtles
Kermit the Frog
Kevin Spacey
Tracey Ullman
I would just … Continue Reading ››
Jon Stewart on conventional wisdom
Gay marriage and box turtles
Kermit the Frog
Kevin Spacey
Tracey Ullman
I would just … Continue Reading ››
Book review: The crimson petal and the white
The crimson petal and the white by Michael Faber is a novel that by all rights I should hate. It's a 900 page long story set in victorian England in which very little happens. I ought to be bored to tears, but in reality the book gripped my like no other book I've read … Continue Reading ››