"An addendum to my post from 26 June. More of the same problems with simple explanations (though I do have a problem with Fewer / Less as the example says 'Less' should be used when you can't count the article. The example can be counted, just not easily). Anyway, have fun."
"Psychology has always interested me and this chart is great example of how; what we do, is affected by what we see."
![Psychology of Color [Infographic]](http://nowsourcing.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/psychology-of-color.png)
"I read a lot for work and even more for fun and I'm surprised / disappointed just how many mistakes people make when writing. If only people referered to this chart before sending their message..."
"I like food, I really, really do so I appreciate this comparison. I doubt it's completely healthy for me but I think it's better to live and have fun than spend all of your time denying yourself in the hope of living longer. Is life about quality or quantity?
Maybe I need to strike the balance between - I look a lot more like Nigellea than Gillian (notwithstanding the male / female thing).
Either way, I'm never having a colonic irrigation."
"For anyone who cared about my last post, here's the solution."
"There are 180 robots in the poster above. Can you name them all? No prizes and not a lot of recognition - especially as this poster is over 9 months old, but anyway :).
Click on the picture to see a larger version."
"I've been paying Diablo since the first version 15 years ago. I got Diablo 2 twice after the first copy was lost and I got this one on the day it came out - brithday presents that you have to wait for, a gift that gives twice.
I started the install after work, but by the time the install was done and working (two different machines with a couple of hardware swaps) I didn't start gaming until after 2200."
Damn this is fun (especially on a 42" LED TV)
"I'm not going to pretend I support genetic patents. I think they're at best spurious claims where at times the efforts expended are not in line with the benefits received. How precisely does a company own something they just happened to find?
According to wikipedia a patent is defined as 'a form of intellectual property. It consists of a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for the public disclosure of an invention.
The procedure for granting patents, the requirements placed on the patentee, and the extent of the exclusive rights vary widely between countries according to national laws and international agreements. Typically, however, a patent application must include one or more claims defining the invention which must meet the relevant patentability requirements such as novelty and non-obviousness. The exclusive right granted to a patentee in most countries is the right to prevent others from making, using, selling, or distributing the patented invention without permission.' With a gene patent, what is it that the gene companies have invented? You can't patent a star, you can't patent a rock and you definately shouldn't be able to patent a part of a person.
This gets to my next issue, if twenty percent of every person is owned by various companies, how soon will it be before an enterprising company wants to 'protect' their investment by 'controlling' their property? Is being owned by one entity (person) any different than being owned by many (companies)? Do you have an obligation that splits you so many different ways as there are owners?
I have no issue with making money from actually producing something. Find the genes, produce a test, cure a disease, make all of the money that the market will bear; but actually produce something first."
The above cartoon is from (Narbi.com)
"I love this story. Kevin Bolk is a satirical cartoonist who's changed the character poses on the Avengers Movie poster so that Black Widow looks like she's going to do something / ready for action and all of the men are just showing off their asses."
"Part of my job involves doing interviews for positions in the team. The interviewees get dressed up, so normally I try and look my best as well.
So just as I got out of the car this morning and as K walked around to swap seats, said 'Oh, your shirt has a mark on it.' I thought *OK, there's a mark* - then I saw the mark and said 'Oh shit!'
A quick ring around and a borrowed shirt later I was ready for the interview.
The mark above is about 3cm long."
"We have a lot of geckos in Queensland. Some nights we can see a half dozen or more. Rarely though do you get to see the underside of one. This shot was taken through the kitchen window."
"A fun video about marshmallow roasting styles - the pros and cons."
"The chances of being killed by space debris aren't really high (see post title above), but the adventitious of being killed when caught out in a hailstorm is 106:1. Remember to look up and live."
Ok, so it's Brisbane and sunny, but you never know☺
"We had a great dinner tonight. Soy and Spice Steak, mixed, steamed vegetables on a bed of mashed sweet potato. On the way back from Rockhampton, we stopped at the Calliope Markets and bought some 'Bush Spice Mix' from Green Valley Spices which is a mix of various native herbs and spices gathered from the bush (or wilderness for non-Australians).
"Hmm, so I forgot to put up a post yesterday. I was hoping it'd be at least a month before I did something so stupid. The above quote is from Friedrich Nietzsche a German classical Scholar, Philosopher and Critic of culture who lived from 1844 - 1900."
"Tonight is a (proper) full moon and the moon's orbit is in perigee (the closest point to the Earth) so the moon appears much larger and brighter than usual. This definately seems the case as it's almost impossible to get a good photo with my camera!"
"We went for a long walk this morning, up the hill to the beach, down to the water and then around the headland, along the rocks. It was fun (except where I tried to kill myself by falling off said rocks) and around to Main Beach. This is a view back up the hill about halfway around the headland."
"As you might have guessed, I like stone-work architecture. The Post Office @ Rockhampton is a great building; solid, imposing and majestic."
"These clouds were gathering on the horizon behind us as we drove up to Rockhampton. Could be a portent of events, as yet not unfolded? More likely, they were just a collection of water stored in the atmosphere before dropping back to earth (nothing bad has happened so far and we did get rained on) - believe it, or not."
"We have a verandah out the front of the house with a number of hooks. One of them has this hurricane lamp that we light when we're having a quiet drinkie. Very relaxing."
