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Another F3 crash causes traffic chaos in Sydney

Another F3 crash causes traffic chaos in Sydney

A large truck crashed into the wall on the F3 early this morning and closed the southbound carriageway leading to the usual traffic chaos for commuters north of Berowra. Here are some images of the traffic on the Old Pacific Highway - this road is usually empty -traffic has been almost

Debunking Ideas about Nonverbal Behaviour

Debunking Ideas about Nonverbal Behaviour

Aggregation of research that debunks some of our ideas about non-verbal behaviour, for example "The idea the vast majority of communication occurs nonverbally is quoted everywhere from advertising to popular psychology articles. In fact the original experiments from which these findings derive have been seriously questioned." Definitely

User Interface Design Patterns

User Interface Design Patterns is a really helpful site. In the software world we've used software design patterns as good practice in coding but the idea is not so prevalent in the UI design space. Which is funny when you think about the use patterns for websites. There

Everything you ever wanted to know about anarchism but were afraid to ask

Everything you ever wanted to know about anarchism but were afraid to ask

Anarchism is one of those words we use without really thinking about it's real meaning. Usually it is used as shorthand for disorder, no order or chaos. But there is a long history behind this political philosophy, and it was a significant driver of radical political activity in

Some interesting commentary on Australia Day and Australian-ness

Some interesting commentary on Australia Day and Australian-ness

Ian Kath sharing some perspicacious points he found on Youtube about Australia Day, Australian-ness and our mob https://youtu.be/aOWrpMvPrjc?si=Lf5vheb67l690A9A

Dear Slashdotter, where have you been?

Dear Slashdotter, where have you been?

For all who have missed the significant developments in the LOLcode meme here is an update from Adam Lindsay (the inventor of this important concept): Dear Slashdotter, where have you been? "It looks like LOLCODE got some second-hand attention from a Perl6 story on the front page. It

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