Wednesday, June 30, 2004
John Howard Lies
Those of you disgruntled with Australia's glorious leader need to read this website: John Howard Lies.
Monday, June 21, 2004
Camera phones rock
Despite the fact that it is probably the most surveilance-intensive place on earth, the tube still manages to function as a great graffiti site.
One of my favourite campaigns was also one of the simplest - someone had taken a big thick marker pen and scrawled 'You don't need this' over ads for all kinds of consumer goods. Maybe they got caught because I haven't seen any of those for quite a while.
Here's a current one , obviously from a well prepared graffitologist, in the lifts at Covent Garden tube station.
What's that? You can't read the voice bubble?
I have no idea who or what the HCD is either...
One of my favourite campaigns was also one of the simplest - someone had taken a big thick marker pen and scrawled 'You don't need this' over ads for all kinds of consumer goods. Maybe they got caught because I haven't seen any of those for quite a while.
Here's a current one , obviously from a well prepared graffitologist, in the lifts at Covent Garden tube station.
What's that? You can't read the voice bubble?
I have no idea who or what the HCD is either...
Tuesday, June 15, 2004
Political Compass
If you have 5 minutes to spare, this interesting-ish little quiz will reveal where you sit on the politcal compass.
My result is allegedly in the same neighborhood where Ghandi, Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama would also live, though I very much doubt that any of them ever did this quiz...
My result is allegedly in the same neighborhood where Ghandi, Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama would also live, though I very much doubt that any of them ever did this quiz...
Friday, June 11, 2004
Wednesday, June 02, 2004
Wednesday, March 03, 2004
NationMaster.com - Where Stats Come Alive!
Are you feeling geeky in an economicsy data-pornish kind of way?
Friend, you need to visit NationMaster.com the website where stats come alive!
It sounds dreadful but it is truly fascinating.
Did you know that:
* The best indicator of innovation and technological achievement is GDP per capita, edging out the number of R&D personnel and time in education.
* Corrupt countries tend to lack technology.
* Countries where young women work tend to have a lot of old women working as well.
* Secondary school enrollment is inversely proportionate to the proportion of population under 14. The plot shows no outliers.
* The best predictor of motor vehicles per capita is the country's wealth back in 1973. Newly rich countries don't buy cars quite as much?
* Gender development is the best predictor all up. Better than GDP per capita and population. It's much better than the most predictive measure of the difference between rich and poor.
You can look up just about statistic for any country, and it will give you some pretty good data, and also offers a bunch of correlations for each statistic that you would never dream of looking up.
Better go get myself a glass of water, I'm feeling all hot around the collar...
Friend, you need to visit NationMaster.com the website where stats come alive!
It sounds dreadful but it is truly fascinating.
Did you know that:
* The best indicator of innovation and technological achievement is GDP per capita, edging out the number of R&D personnel and time in education.
* Corrupt countries tend to lack technology.
* Countries where young women work tend to have a lot of old women working as well.
* Secondary school enrollment is inversely proportionate to the proportion of population under 14. The plot shows no outliers.
* The best predictor of motor vehicles per capita is the country's wealth back in 1973. Newly rich countries don't buy cars quite as much?
* Gender development is the best predictor all up. Better than GDP per capita and population. It's much better than the most predictive measure of the difference between rich and poor.
You can look up just about statistic for any country, and it will give you some pretty good data, and also offers a bunch of correlations for each statistic that you would never dream of looking up.
Better go get myself a glass of water, I'm feeling all hot around the collar...
Monday, February 16, 2004
Ginklozo template
Hi gang, we finally managed to post a big bunch of pics from our Barga trip way back in September last year. They are in the Photos section.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!