Monthly Archives: January 2012

Darkness into light…Wi-Li or Li-Fi

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TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANTASTIC: A fast and cheap optical version of Wi-Fi is coming. Posted at 6:35 pm by Glenn Reynolds AMONG the many new gadgets unveiled at the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas was a pair of … Continue reading →

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Disappeared…Woodside’s social license

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Save The Kimberley This article is worth a read. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/has-woodside-hit-its-price-point-on-the-environment/ The Browse Basin gas hub development has stoked up so much opposition on so many fronts that many investors are now asking if the project is still economically viable, or … Continue reading →

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Charlie’s world… the West from the air

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Adventures with work I posted about this kind of thing before. by Charlie on January 30, 2012 I posted about this kind of thing before. Sometimes I get to travel for work and whilst it mostly sucks, it does mean I … Continue reading →

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Eenzy Weenzy Spiders

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Reblogged from the unbearable lightness of being me.: I just learned recently that spiders are not insect. I’m sorry, but maybe I was absent or simply not listening when it was thought in school. With the countless kinds of spiders … Continue reading →

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Aliens in their own land: Sovereignty and the tent embassy

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Reblogged from Woolly Days: Australia does a nice line in snafu and this last week has provided a juicy example as the Australia Day prime ministerial dragging fiasco continues to spiral out of control. These events have thrown light on … Continue reading →

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If Eyes Could Talk...

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Reblogged from allaboutlemon: Gusto but tongue-tied If only eyes could just talk You and me unite… adollyciousirony If Eyes Could Just Talk… Whoop your weekdays up and have fun!!!

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Plastic food…

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Fungi Discovered In The Amazon Will Eat Your Plastic www.fastcoexist.com Polyurethane seemed like it couldn’t interact with the earth’s normal processes of breaking down and recycling material. That’s just because it hadn’t met the right mushroom yet. The Mexicans can … Continue reading →

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Climate Skeptics win in Supreme Court…Montana

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Montana Supreme Court rejects the Global Warming petition by Our Children’s Trust | Climate Physics Institute 29/01/2012 18:38 Dissent and Climate Change Reconsidered.) by Ed Berry In a precedent-making decision, the Montana Supreme Court dismissed yesterday the Petition for Original … Continue reading →

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Nothing but bribery…Australian Labor/Green Government

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Government stuffs OneSteel’s mouth with cash OneSteel boss Geoff Plummer a year ago: If we have a carbon tax at $20 a tonne, then that would be a drain of about $20m to $30m (a year) on OneSteel… So Plummer … Continue reading →

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Idiots…all

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Nearly everyone got it wrong…but mostly the media. HEARD BUT UNSAID Tim Blair – Monday, January 30, 12 (01:09 pm) We really don’t deserve the Internet, mobile phones, television, iPads, Twitter or any other means of modern communication. We simply … Continue reading →

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