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Came across this today (hat tip: James King): "Pangea Day taps the power of film to strengthen tolerance and compassion while uniting millions of people to build a better future. http://sas-origin.OnstreamMedia.com/origin/thesaplingfoundation/banners/CountdownClockBadge.swf In a world where people are often divided by

Now that Mick has done this splendid advert of course you want to come along to BarCamp Sydney #3! By Carruthers via Aide-mémoire http://w.sharethis.com/widget/?tabs=web%2Cemail&charset=utf-8&services=facebook%2Cdigg%2Cstumbleupon%2Cdelicious%2Creddit%2Cblinklist%2Cnewsvine%2Cfurl%2Ctailrank%2Cmagnolia&style=

Fully support this movement - words cannot explain how much pain cross browser testing for IE6 has caused me! By Carruthers via Aide-mémoire http://w.sharethis.com/widget/?tabs=web%2Cemail&charset=utf-8&services=facebook%2Cdigg%2Cstumbleupon%2Cdelicious%2Creddit%2Cblinklist%2Cnewsvine%2Cfurl%2Ctailrank%2Cmagnolia&style=rotate&

Went to an Earth Hour candlelight BBQ last night and ended up having one of those late night conversations about 'what is a geek?' and 'who is a geek?' I'd never really thought about it like that before & so have been pondering notions

Just read a very interesting article on this research paper: "Dogs on the Street, Pumas on Your Feet: How Cues in the Environment Influence Product Evaluation and Choice,"  where Wharton marketing professor Jonah Berger suggests that what you see in your everyday world can influence what you buy.

The other side to my post the other day about global warming Gigantic Antarctic Ice Chunk Collapses By Carruthers via Aide-mémoire http://w.sharethis.com/widget/?tabs=web%2Cemail&charset=utf-8&services=facebook%2Cdigg%2Cstumbleupon%2Cdelicious%2Creddit%2Cblinklist%2Cnewsvine%2Cfurl%2Ctailrank%2Cmagnolia&style=rotate&

Krigsman over at ZDNet asked this very interesting question. I reckon that IT is diverging into two separate streams - firstly mission critical systems, that must be highly reliable and resilient. Secondly non-critical systems that are being democratised. I don't think any of us want to use medical