Month: March 2007

  • A better alarm clock

    Ever find that alarm clocks don’t work for you? Well, if [Clocky](http://nandahome.com/products.clocky.html) doesn’t help, maybe [you need an alarm clock with random error built in](http://davidseah.com/archives/2007/01/17/a-chindogu-clock-for-procrastinators/). ([Via](http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/24/probabilistic-alarm-clock/))

  • Great moments in security

    Someone managed to copy the master key for electronic voting machines [by copying a picture from the company’s website](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/01/25/diebold_voting_machi.html).

  • 14/3

    Weight: 109.8kg Breakfast: Weetbix Lunch: Pizza Rolls Dinner: Mince with Pesto Snacks: none Total Calories: 1558kCal Exercise: none Ladder: none

  • Getting organised

    I have, just recently, become something of a devotee (albeit one with a bit of practice needed yet) of [David Allen](http://www.davidco.com/)’s “Getting Things Done” method. What I like about it is that, unlike most of the Stephen Covey like approaches to organising your life, it can cope with the kind of ‘creative chaos’ that most…

  • Global warming and the wheat belt

    The [changing pattern of plant-growth regions](http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BradDelongsSemi-dailyJournal/~3/79782721/global_warming_.html) in the US over the last decade and a half.

  • PETA is evil

    The very, very not safe for work [‘State of the Union’ for PETA](http://wonkette.com/politics/peta/state-of-the-union-nekkid-girl-tortured-puppies-230499.php), the animal rights fanatics in the US, features a gradually undressing woman ranting about animal rights. What has to be wrong with your cause that you need to resort to this kind of thing to get your message across? (I’m linking to…

  • How much does the Internet weigh?

    [50 grams](http://adamant.typepad.com/seitz/2006/10/weighing_the_we.html). ([Via](http://www.reason.com/blog/show/118097.html))

  • I guess Google is male

    [Otherwise surely Google would have pulled over to ask for directions…](http://valleywag.com/tech/google-maps/sometimes-even-google-is-too-proud-to-ask-for-directions-230380.php)

  • The furniture is coming

    [A table that can walk when you push it](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR931mtC3l4). Scary, scary stuff… ([Via](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entertainment/walking-table-walks-kinda-scary-230203.php))

  • 13/3

    Weight: 109.9kg Breakfast: Weetbix Lunch: Vegemite sandwich x 2 Dinner: Beef vindaloo curry Snacks: None Total Calories: 1310kCal Exercise: None Ladder: na