A friend had a phone call from her bank asking "Did you spend $10,000 on dinner in Singapore?" Um, no. "We didn't think so."

There was some information missing in the payment details, so the bank picked that one up before they paid it.

Conquering the email demon  - some tips that I've found enormously useful.

Star Trekkin'... there are people around the world who take the idea of a local replicator very seriously. Not quite "computer, I'd like Peking Duck with a side of fries" but maybe some furniture or sandals... There are hints of some impressive abilities.

See my post Social Implications of Local Fabrication on the Appropedia Community Blog.

Interesting take on moral absolutes in religion.

Sydneysiders - be aware that Cinema in the Cemetery is happening in Ashfield for the next 3 Fridays at 8pm.
I'm keen to see WALL-E this Friday, and Hero the Friday after that.

I'm thinking to get there a bit early (around 7pm) and have a picnic on the grass. Email me or leave a comment if you're keen. I assume we'll be sitting on the open grassy part of the church grounds, near but not actually on the gravestones...

Invited to an open air concert in Sydney. If they play great classical music I'll be carried away in delight, and if they play Mahler I'm sure we'll have a nice conversation about something.

When I visited MIT in Boston, in late August for IDDS, the MIT convenience store had, along with other curious American foods like popcorn in packets with cheese flavor... a big basket of Lindt's Lindor balls, at a fair price and a range of flavors. I bought, ate, shared, it was great.

And in among the dark, hazelnut, milk and white chocolate balls were a very American version that I've never seen before or since. Peanut butter flavor.

It first struck me as sacrilege such an American thing, that even Swiss chocolate should come in peanut butter flavor. Then I thought, actually it makes sense for a company to cater their products to the world's biggest, richest market. And finally I had to admit... they were actually very, very good.

From a great blog post by Curt, on the Appropedia blog:


In talking about how to share ideas about these new methods, he goes on to write:



The complete post is at: Saving the planet through personal choice

After the exasperation of Copenhagen, and the vast amounts of hot air produced by political leaders to ensure our planet heats up 4 degrees, it should be obvious that we can't wait for them to act. We must act. See the post Green development policy wiki for one critical need.

My latest post in the Appropedia LJ community: I'll be doing more of this sort of blogging (Linux/green/development oriented) over there in future.