ciw - blog, CMS, wiki - linking it all

- before our new 'clearly it works' site with CMS goes live - which might be a while - pesky work gets in the way :) - I'm linking some of my online stuff to create a (hopefully) coherent place.

Indigenous Australians

Indigeonus communities urged to apply for telecommunications funding - abc news
Indigenous Australians - Wikipedia entry

Reading Matters

• webdiary founded and inspired by Margo Kingston, author of "Not happy, John!"
• Crikey: "The Crikey mission: Crikey's aim is very simple: to bring its readers the inside word on what's really going on in politics, government, media, business, the arts, sport and other aspects of public life in Australia. Crikey irritates the powerful by revealing how they operate behind-the-scenes, and it tackles the stories insiders are talking about but other media can't or won't cover."
• Larvatus Prodeo: "Larvatus Prodeo is an Australian group blog which discusses politics, sociology, culture, life, religion and science from a left of centre perspective."

Uh - Oh , this is good stuff on climate change:

From Friends of the Earth reader contributions to the Big Climate Debate.

I hope Andrew Tweedie doesn't mind my copy and paste. I just loved his questions:

"
Since Solar radiation at Saharaian latitudes delivers 300% more energy /heat than in the UK and, according to the German Fed Gov report (see link via www.trec-uk.org.uk) only 10% is lost in transmission using HVDC. (60% is now wasted at power stations in the UK!)

A) why is no funding invested in a super HVDC renewable grid that would overcome fluctuations in output as well as enable export of our own "of peak " renewables" and the importation of CSP generated electricity through more than one transmission line enabling a better "mix" & security of supply?

B ) why is the subsidy per £1 of solar thermal REPLACEMENT electricity only 10% while Nuke power Wind or PV panels 40%? (yet ouput cost per £ is 10x better!)

C) Since peak oil will have a massive impact on the global economy and oil consumption has resulted in global warming why is there no V.A.T on aviation fuel whose funds could be transfered to public transport?

"

Andrew Tweedie

OMG - back to design

Not only interfaces - even PRINT!
Emigrating to a place where the main activity is done by the sun i.e. shining sure keeps you on your toes!
Emigre: How befitting that my favourite font designer right now is Zuzana Licko. And no, I don't mind showing my age, nor my populist taste.
I hear thunder. It's been a hot and muggy day and we are waiting for rain.
Icebergs off the New Zealand Coast.

Kids TV

What are Australian's terrestrial tv program schedulers on? This weekend - apart from 'Dora the Explorer' at 6 in the morning - there seem no kids shows on tv at all. Premium kids movies start usually around bedtime 7:30 pm.
Workday mornings are chocker with little kids shows. Playschool is ok.

Tooth Fairy

The tooth fairy just had to take M.'s word for it.
After months of preparation for the 'coming of age' a.k.a. loosing her first tooth - including the purchase of an ornamental box and discussing tooth-to-dollar conversion rates - she swallowed it un-noticed.
The poo-fairy got it.

L. said

'Ouch, you squeezded my big muscums small!' when I tried to pick her up on her upper arms.