There was a long queue at security screening in Terminal 2 Sydney Airport this morning (although not as long as in this photo of the weekend with the ‘Virgin troubles’) (Terminal 2 is the Jetstar / Virgin / Rex terminal) When confronted by a long line, its worth remembering that there is another, barely used, [...]
Sidere Mens Eadem Mutato – Nothing ever changes at UniJanuary 28, 2011
Today I learnt that nothing changes much at Sydney University, just as the motto* implies My daughter Alex enrolled today, 29 years after I did. I also learnt that you need the very useful SRC Counter Course Handbook **before** you enrol in your subject choices, not afterwards. http://www.src.usyd.edu.au/sites/default/files/CCHB_2011.pdf More food outlets, but same food, unfortunately. [...] |
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Life is Simple – Part One: RelationshipsJanuary 27, 2011
via thisisindexed.com Posted via email from What I Learnt Today |
Happy Australia DayJanuary 26, 2011
Happy Australia Day, which is a big day round here. Congratulations to Prof Ron McCallum, announced today as senior Australian of the Year. Ron is a good friend of our good friend Robyn Fitzgerald, and thus the only Australian of the Year who has previously celebrated Australia Day at our house. He is truly a [...] |
AppSpin: ZinioJanuary 26, 2011
Taking the app Zinio for a spin See and download the full gallery on posterous . New Scientist is an excellent magazine – but very demanding, as it arrives weekly. Despite all good intentions, eventually you are faced with a guilt-provoking pile still ‘wrapped in plastic’. So now I subscribe through Zinio. It is still [...] |
How to Do Things FasterJanuary 25, 2011
Need some extra time in your day? Seconds count. This video shows how to save time by doing many everyday things a bit faster – from folding a shirt to peeling a potato. Posted via email from What I Learnt Today |
George Jetsen – where is your car?January 24, 2011
[[posterous-content:pid___0]]When Miss Tennant in Grade 4 asked us to write about what life would be like in the year 2000, we took it for granted that we would have flying cars. Drats. Scientists are still struggling with cars that drive themselves safely on the ground. Once upon a time the Gold Coast Motorail would safely [...] |
Malaria – parasite caught on camera breaking and entering cellJanuary 24, 2011
via newscientist.com http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2011/01/malaria-caught-breaking-and-en… Each year there are 250 million cases of Malaria in tropical and subtropical parts of the world. Between 1 and 2 million of these cases are fatal. It is in the Top 10 causes of death in low income countries. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs310.pdf Malaria is caused by the parasite Plasmodium, which is carried by [...] |
AppSpin: Kinetic – and the Noosa Coastal WalkJanuary 21, 2011
Taking the iPhone app Kinetic for a spin . The Coastal Walk in Noosa National Park is surely one of the world’s great casual walks. Capped by a ‘Cap’ [...] |
Why the Other Line is Likely to Move FasterJanuary 20, 2011
Why do I always seem to pick the wrong line at the Coles checkouts? I’m into queueing theory, so was very happy to come across this video about Agner Erlang, the father of queueing theory, by Prof Bill Hammack. Prof Hammack is from the University of Illinois. He also goes by the title ‘The Engineer Guy’, http://engineerguy.com. [...] |
