yup. I get a bunch of links to this blog from something called Gay Stars, which has the domain name AdultSexBox.com. I have no idea why. I’m not gay, (I’m clearly not good looking enough as I haven’t been hit on by a guy for years) and sadly I’m not an adult sex star (umm …
Category Archives: Life
Lights on or off – Safety versus Environment
Does the safety of turning your lights on during the day outweigh the cost? According to Hamish Piercy – no. Apparently lights on increases fuel consumption by 2%, which is a huge number. (Frankly I dispute it, and want to see the evidence) and Hamish’s research says that: “However, on closer examination he said there …
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Surveillance society
When will they ever learn – police officers these days should expect to be on video at any time. Indeed I feel it would be a better thing all-round if police were required to continuously record their activities on video.
Indicating on roundabouts
Roundabouts. (called traffic circles elsewhere) It’s simple: (and for the person on Dave Moore’s Drivetalk that complained about a car moving into them from an inside lane as they were exiting a roundabout – it’s your fault, people screw up at roundabouts all the time and you need to be looking out for that. Try …
US versus the world
The USA now spends more on “defense” than the rest of the world combined. US$670 billion – over 6 times NZ’s GDP, and about the same as Australia’s GDP. Crazy.
MacBook Air is floating towards me
Excited? You bet I was, when I receved this yesterday: I leapt straight to the provided tracking link – but nothing was there yet. So I waited impatiently through the day, and then followed the link again just now: China. The new Mac lightness is still in China.
Motorcycling to Broken Hill
Sue’s back, and so check out her first installment of her motorcycle trip – to Broken Hill. This is the part that I joined her for before heading back to Sydney. Sue has tons of great photos and describes the journey eloquently to boot. I’m trying not to be jealous of the fact that her …
pretty and smart
Indexed strikes again:
The macbook air austerity program
Lovely title to a blog entry on what I’m about to have to embark on – fitting my life onto 80Gb rather than the 190Gb currently (excluding most photos, which are elsewhere). Zen-like simplicity is good right?
US Prisons are out of control
So bullets from an article in The Atlantic, (link is to a free site as The Atlantic is behind a paywall) and via No Right Turn. 70% of US prison inmates are illiterate. two thirds didn’t commit a violent crime 60 to 80% have a history of substance abuse black men are 5 times more …
It’s the Goats’ fault
From an interesting Mother Jones article by a reporter driven around parts of China looking for pollution and environmental disasters. They were not hard to find. <update – as Dan in the comments points out, I neglected to include a link, which is to the article at Mother Jones>
Subway/Metro/Tube fare barriers are not worth it
Interesting decision: not to install fare barriers at LA’s Metro Rail. You just walk through, and hopefully you’ll obey the sign requiring a ticket. It seems that just 5.5% of people do not obey the sign, but the LA MTA seems to think that this is a problem. They estimate that they lose $5.5m per …
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Kongregate
Do not click on this link if you need the next hour or two.
Solving the NZ and Australia housing crisis
It takes 18.6 years for the median household to buy the median house in NZ, and that’s excluding rates, taxes and maintenance. That’s via NBR, wo curiously neglect to mention that there is a giant photo of Don Brash on page 2 of the original Household Affordability report, as he is the Chairman of something …
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What’s in store for Lance in 2008? A manifesto
No new years predictions from me, as I can barely predict what I’ll be doing in a few months time, let alone markets and industries.This year though I am trying to spend more time starting and nurturing businesses, while continuing to consult, in both NZ and Australia. For now I’m still helping out at BHP …
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Lance Wiggs 