Thank god for the iPhone or we’d miss such vital information whilst travelling.
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Things that make me happy
Cheryl Gledhill's Tumblr. Everything is my personal opinion, yada yada yada.
Just in time for summer…. better get the tanning oil out.
Is it possible to die of cute?
![How long is Bill Murray trapped in Groundhog Day?
8 years + 8 months + 16 days, according to wolfgnards (who proves it with charts)
10 years, according to Harold Ramis on the DVD commentary
27 years (or 10,000 days), according to the original screenplay
30-40 years, according to Harold Ramis in a recent interview
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How long is Bill Murray trapped in Groundhog Day?
- 8 years + 8 months + 16 days, according to wolfgnards (who proves it with charts)
- 10 years, according to Harold Ramis on the DVD commentary
- 27 years (or 10,000 days), according to the original screenplay
- 30-40 years, according to Harold Ramis in a recent interview
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They should announce this on Jetstar before take-off
“In preparation for your flight today, please ensure your gunt is stuffed fully into your trackpants and your jaw is in the down and slack position.”
Crazy duststorm in Sydney
Kitesurfer through dust storm:
he has a death wish
Life in the public service:Next time you’re bitching about how the government wastes your money, remember this spoon.
It’s the only piece of cutlery provided in the entire government department where I’m working.
The difference between arial and helvetica.
Blood Powered Lamps
We often just assume that energy to power our TVs, computers, cell phones, and other electronics will always be readily available. But the earth’s resources are scarce – a reality that designer Mike Thompson wants to illustrate (somewhat painfully) with his blood-powered lamp. The single-use lamp forces users to think about where every drop of their energy is coming from–literally.
In order to turn on the lamp, users have to break off its glass top, prick a finger until blood comes out, and mix the blood with a dissolved tablet (possibly made out of luminol) inside the lamp.
The lamp is more of an art piece than anything else–who is realistically going to sacrifice their lifeblood in the name of mood lighting?–but as Thompson explains, “By creating a lamp that can only be used once, the user must consider when light is needed the most, forcing them to rethink how wasteful they are with energy, and how precious it is.”
From http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/09/22/blood-powered-lamp-makes-you-bleed-for-your-light/
This is why I love True Blood.
Why doing good sometimes makes you into a bad person
Researchers have found that, after doing something ethically sound, people are more - not less - likely to do something immoral, or even illegal
Green is good. You think before you print; you buy your organic whatever; you sort-of sympathise with the bumper sticker injunction to “live simply so that others may simply live”. It might not be as cheap or as easy – but it’s the right thing to do. Isn’t it?
Well, consider this: a person who makes the decent, green choice is much more likely to behave badly afterwards, according to researchers at the University of Toronto. Nina Mazar and Chen-Bo Zhong split 156 students between two online shops: one a conventional store, the other mainly selling green alternatives. Within both groups, some could actually buy things while others were allowed only to browse.
All the students were then handed cash to share with an anonymous person however they chose. The students who had looked around the eco-shop but not bought anything gave most generously; mere exposure to the goods prompted them to behave better. However, those who had actually made green purchases were far stingier than even the conventional shoppers.
Next, all the guinea pigs sat a simple computer test to identify repeatedly which side of the screen was showing more dots, with the twist that picking the right-hand side always earned them more money – even if it was incorrect. Finally, the students were told the amount they’d won, and invited to take that exact amount out of an envelope full of money.
What happened? The conventional shoppers played it reasonably straight, whereas the green consumers cheated far more and even stole extra cash, pocketing nearly a third more money than they were entitled to. Having done their good deed, the greens apparently felt they’d proved their moral worth – allowing them to behave immorally and illegally. Psychologists call this “the licensing effect”. Another recent study from Stanford University showed that white Americans who supported Obama were much more willing than others to express racist opinions.
What the findings show is that expecting people to always make the right choices is unrealistic. The fight against climate change could require greater conscription than we are willing to admit.
From the Guardian at http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/sep/22/brain-food
A very patient cat… but what sort of arsehole parents are just sitting there letting the baby kick the cat?
