Monthly Archives: January 2009

NoCleanFeed Nephelococcygia

A previous post interpreted by Wordle: HT Jez

Friday Bee Blogging #3: Simulating Bee Brains in Drone Aircraft

Researchers have found that bees have different targeting strategies depending on the stage of attack.  They also have the ability to correctly intercept targets at speed while maintaining collision avoidance with other bees.  Researchers want to figure out how they do this so they can apply the technique to weapons guidance systems, according to a [...]

Chase the Sun, Old Canberra Inn, Friday 16 Jan 09

From the calendar: Catch this festival headline band on their way to the Thredbo Blues Festival: CHASE THE SUN are quickly making a name for themselves across Australia and overseas. With a hot following in Canberra, they are relatively new arrivals on the blues and roots scene; Chase The Sun have spent no time garnering [...]

Clean Feed Concept Map v1

Correspondence and rallies might make participants feel better, but are they having any effect in influencing decision-makers or those who influence decision-makers?  This concept map is my attempt to plot the lay of the land at the moment and attempt to identify points of influence and courses of action that the nocleanfeed movement might have [...]

Headphones and Silent Modes

If I or one of my colleagues goes postal, it’ll be because of the ringtones, or the over-sharing sans inside voice. Seriously, some of these people must think they’re using tin cans & string and that microphones haven’t developed any further the way they shout into the phone. There can’t be any work-life balance if [...]