A Basic Income for AustraliaA Basic Income for Australia
There has been a lot of discussion recently about the concept of a Basic Income (Wikipedia), largely due to the efforts to change the Swiss constitution to provide a Basic[...]
A Better UniversityA Better University
I previously wrote about the financial value of a university degree [1], my general conclusion is that the value is decreasing for most fields of employment that don’t have a[...]
Preferring Not ToPreferring Not To
I’ve just read Bartleby the Scrivener which is a short story about a scrivener who refused to work saying “I’d prefer not to”. It reminded me of some situations in[...]
Links November 2013Links November 2013
Shanley wrote an insightful article about microagressions and management [1]. It’s interesting to read that and think of past work experiences, even the best managers do it. Bill Stone gave[...]
Failures of Intelligence AgenciesFailures of Intelligence Agencies
There’s been an ongoing news issue related to the NSA that I’m not going to directly comment on, Charles Stross has one of the more interesting comments about it [1].[...]
Bad Advertising of ProtoplastBad Advertising of Protoplast
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome In early 2010 I wrote about Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, I gave a picture of the wrist brace and a description of the process of creating it [1].[...]
Aldi Changes, Cheap Telcos, and Estimating CostsAldi Changes, Cheap Telcos, and Estimating Costs
I’ve been using Aldi as my mobile phone provider for two months now since Kogan was shut down [1]. Now Aldi have cut the transfer quota on their “Unlimited” plan[...]
Links October 2013Links October 2013
Wired has an interesting article by David Samuels about the Skybox, a small satellite (about the size of a bar fridge) that is being developed to provide cheap photographs of[...]
Thinkpad T420Thinkpad T420
I’ve owned a Thinkpad T61 since February 2010 [1]. In most ways it’s a great system and it still does most things that I require, even though it inspired my[...]
LUV Hardware Library after 20 MonthsLUV Hardware Library after 20 Months
20 months ago I started the LUV Hardware Library [1]. The aim of the project is to provide a repository of free spare parts for computers for the use of[...]