[Where plants and animals fit in the scheme of things](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/10/29/plants-and-animals-o.html). It's amazing just how much of the genetic variation in the world is in things smaller than can…
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[The new version of Microsoft Live Maps will give you directions that include signs that you've gone too far](http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/29/live-search-maps-getting-better/). Better, but the future is probably when the online…
*Announcements*: * Coalition announces [$168m in training vouchers for small business](http://liberal.org.au/info/news/detail/20071030_SmallBusinessTrainingVouchers.php). * ALP announces a [20 per cent renewable energy target for 2020](http://alp.org.au/media/1007/msCCloo300.php). *Polls*: [Newspoll](http://www.pollbludger.com/659) ALP 54-46. *Other*:…
[Petter Sellers runs through the various English accents](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLsVh6Qrpew). Quite brilliant.
[How to make a fake bloody gash](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/10/01/how-to-make-fake-gas.html). If only Australia took this one seriously, it could be quite a bit of fun. Try Georgetown (Washington DC) on Halloween…
[A push for plain English in US government forms and laws](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/28/AR2007102801146.html?nav=rss_politics). But, as always in politics, [George Orwell was there first](http://www.resort.com/~prime8/Orwell/patee.html).
[Qantas buys 12 planes, and one week later that model is grounded in Europe](http://www.smh.com.au/news/news/safety-scare-qantas-on-alert/2007/10/29/1193555566931.html?s_cid=rss_news). Of course, this is far far better than *the other way around*.
[Why the movie *Saw* is good for middle managers](http://www.slate.com/id/2176637/fr/rss/). The *Saw* movies (and their close cousins, the *Hostel* movies) are the worst trash Hollywood has ever made.
Average fare from my house to Canberra Airport: $45-50 Current fare from [Canberra to Melbourne on Tiger](http://www.tigerairways.com/home/index.php): $49.95
*Announcements*: * ALP announces [a plan to save the Great Barrier Reef](http://alp.org.au/media/1007/msCCloopi290.php) ($200m). * Coalition announces [100 new Australian Technical Colleges](http://liberal.org.au/info/news/detail/20071029_100NewAustralianTechnicalColleges.php). ($270m, but $2 billion over ten years).…