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VIDEOS, YouTube – An interesting video on the twentieth century, popular online.
Largely a narcissistic century in this view, increasingly focussed on the self.
English with Spanish subtitles.
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[youtube]FMqftVhOuTw[/youtube] VIDEOS, Youtube — These are just insane. Actually my last article about the BMW videos led me to find this. Incredibly offbeat and unusual art & design from this Dutch artist, Theo Jansen. The machines are almost animal like, yet man-made. Machines that crawl across the land as if they are insects, or prowl as if they are a hybrid between war machines and leopards. These are original, unusual, and this video is well worth watching. This is avant-garde. [youtube]a7Ny5BYc-Fs[/youtube] VIDEOS, Youtube — This one’s been attracting quite a lot of attention on Youtube. OK it’s an advert, and they’re not saving the world, but it’s worth a look from a design viewpoint. And corporations like BMW should be encouraged to improve automobiles and other products by engaging with designers. Besides, BMW are one of the world’s best crawling, no … driving, machines…. Watch. You’ll see what I mean. 
ANALYSIS, Global — It is always a folly to assume the past is an extension of the present. Thinkers call this the problem of induction. i.e. Assuming that the past is a predictor of future performance. It’s why if you draw a straight line above a graph, invariably the graph will deviate if it’s measured over a long enough time frame. Don’t be economically disappointed This flawed human tendency to view the current set of circumstances as normal is > more 
COMMENT, Albania — Korça është njëri nga qytetet kryesore të Shqipërisë. Ajo shtrihet në jug-perëndim të vendit, në lartësinë 869 m mbi nivelin e detit. Nga gjetjet arkeologjike rezulton si vendbanim i fisit ilir të Enkelejve. Duke pasur një pozicion të favorshëm, ajo u shndërrua në një qendër qytetare me një kishë të përmendur në shek. IX. Qyteti filloi të zhvillohej me shpejtësi dhe pas pushtimit turk,(në shek. XV), u kthye në një qendër të përmendur zejtare e tregtare. > more 
COMMENT, Melbourne — Corporations are often unhealthy, sick work environments. Not physically. At least not in the West. Emotionally. Whilst corporations may have cleaned up the physical environment, we have created an unhealthy psychological and emotional environment. Leaving many corporate workers of having the feeling of being empty and alone. Hollow vessels at times, especially over many years. And leading to unhealthy and socially irresponsible behaviours. Instead the outcome of the upper echelons of the modern corporate workforce often > more 
COMMENT, Melbourne — The publisher of this journal, 2thinknow, is in the process of relocating from Wednesday 14th to Tuesday 21st February 2008. We have a nice new office overlooking the skyline city of Melbourne, in the inner-city suburb of Southbank. Of course the copier is not yet plugged in, servers not working, and the writers are not yet being edited. The espresso machine is working though. Thankfully. In Australia inevitably you end up being ‘hands on’ with > more 
COMMENT, Saudi Arabia — Add to the long list of things Saudi women cannot do. Buy Starbucks with a man. On that list you could add vote. Drive a car. Often, being seen with a man is enough for a woman to be punished. In this case, a woman was punished for having a coffee at Starbucks in Saudi’s capital, Riyadh, with a male work colleague. Punished? Hand-cuffed. Lead away. Strip search. Lock-up. Interrogation. Who does this if found > more [youtube]oNsCaVC4Z0o[/youtube] Videos, Youtube — What is so great about the USA is that people just ‘get on’ with new ideas. Youtube has become part of the election process asking for submissions from voters. it may not be as effective as traditional media yet, but as truly high-speed broadband video grows it can only become more important in political democracy. So, watch this space! [youtube]3QOvEG27Gt4[/youtube] VIDEOS, Youtube — We all like Lego. But not only is it a great toy to teach your children spatial and logic skills, now it’s a tool. The increasingly complex robotic tools made available by Lego Mindstorms allow your child to become a little engineer at a young age. And quite a few university labs use them for various projects. This great example is using Mindstorms to > more 
Web 2.0 enables all new types of communication, for many reasons, the medium is indeed the message… > more Rudd’s 2020 summit is a good idea, but will it fulfil its promise? > more 
REVIEWS, Global – The T-Shirt Collectors scene is potent globally. And yes, it now has a magazine. T-World. Like sneaker-collector and custom sneaker decoration scene in Melbourne, another scene. With a local, but soon to be even more international, vertical-niche magazine. The magazine, created by and crafted for T-shirts enthusiasts, T-world highlights global T-shirt culture. T-world is a new niche publications with a cult status already, after only the 3rd edition. It can be ordered online, or via more |
      
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Transport works in Germany, why not Melbourne?
COMMENT, Melbourne — Let’s face it privatized public transport has failed.
It’s not the same elsewhere in the world — where Public Transport is clean, reliable and safe.
Public transport succeeds in similar towns in Germany.
But not in Australia. Public transport can work, but does not now work in Melbourne & Victoria. There are issues in the approach of the State Government, private contractors and the various ideologically-driven desperadoes on this issue.
The biggest issue is the ideological > more