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"To put that into perspective, the cost of budgetary assistance to Australian industry is approaching..."

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:51:47 +1100

“To put that into perspective, the cost of budgetary assistance to Australian industry is approaching half of the federal government annual spending on defence ($21 billion) and a third of what it spends each year on education ($30 billion). These are no small bickies.”

- Industry’s secret shield of taxpayer dollars

Zen tree revisited (by Arnar Valdimarsson)

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:48:34 +1100

Zen tree revisited (by Arnar Valdimarsson)

"Six million people are under correctional supervision in the U.S.—more than were in Stalin’s gulags"

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:06:22 +1100

“Six million people are under correctional supervision in the U.S.—more than were in Stalin’s gulags”

- Mass Incarceration and Criminal Justice in America : The New Yorker

That’s around 2% of the US population. Damn that’s a massive industry - with those taxpayers dollars heading into it…

"my tax bill, which I’ve happily donated to the Australian people for a better way of life"

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:36:46 +1100

“my tax bill, which I’ve happily donated to the Australian people for a better way of life”

- Lateline - 02/02/2012: Clive Palmer talks to Lateline

Clive Palmer views taxation as donations… Pity that his income could not be derived without the taxation system being in place and the subsequent services and infrastructure it has provided over the past 200+ years.

(via Waimea » Aquabumps Surf Photography Bondi Beach Surf...

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:07:57 +1100

(via Waimea » Aquabumps Surf Photography Bondi Beach Surf Report)

"plans to change the shopping experience, shun heavy discounting and sell services along with..."

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:57:39 +1100

“plans to change the shopping experience, shun heavy discounting and sell services along with products.”

- Business & Technology | AP Interview: JC Penney CEO talks about the chain | Seattle Times Newspaper

The focus on price needs to change. Consumers want it to change. We just don’t have CEOs with leadership in Australia to provide that vision.

"It’s not about legacy, I’d like to see it get done. That is my job.” - Bill Gates"

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:51:51 +1100

““It’s not about legacy, I’d like to see it get done. That is my job.” - Bill Gates”

- Bill Gates: ‘I wrote Steve Jobs a letter as he was dying. He kept it by his bed’

A fantastic view on getting stuff done.

"SPIN king Shane Warne is being sued over this month’s road-rage incident with a Melbourne..."

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:48:45 +1100

“SPIN king Shane Warne is being sued over this month’s road-rage incident with a Melbourne cyclist.”

- Warne cycled off to court after road-rage incident | News.com.au

or is he? Listen to this:

http://media.mytalk.com.au/2ue/images/today_audioPlayer.swf?src=http://media.mytalk.com.au/3AW/AUDIO/310112_cyclist.mp3

"A significant part of the present state government’s electoral success was its removal of..."

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:56:04 +1100

“A significant part of the present state government’s electoral success was its removal of ministerial control over development which was having a detrimental effect on the beautiful northern areas of Sydney.
Now the same people want to reintroduce the ‘‘developer chooses, minister enforces’’ idea. How can this be justified? Look at the planning map and you will see why. All the new developments will be ‘‘out there’’.
Donald Hawes Blayney”

- O’Farrell’s next stop should be zoning near stations

Coles opens a fresh front in discount war

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:36:24 +1100

Coles opens a fresh front in discount war:

We bitch about the price of our food but never about the producers getting fucked to achieve this.

We bitch about foreign companies buying up our land, but never about the farmers selling their nation out.

We bitch about foreign companies buying out or financing resource companies, but never bitch about the prospectors in the mining sector (see most of the WA or QLD’s most wealthy) selling their companies out to foreign nations and companies.

We never ask the tough questions because we duck them, we dive them and we run scared from them.

Why don’t we value our produce and producers and invest in them through their output?
Why don’t we value our land and its ability to sustain this nation of ours?
Why don’t we value and invest in our considerable resources and drive home greater profits locally?
Why is it that the great Asian nations of Singapore, China, South Korea, Japan et al value our countries assets more than we do?

* We = the nation of Australia, as seen through the middle-swinging-voter group of people.

Fresh Impressions on Brandmarks (from my 5-year-old) (by...

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:43:10 +1100

Fresh Impressions on Brandmarks (from my 5-year-old) (by AdamLaddVideos)

Engineering Management: Why are software development task estimations regularly off by a factor of 2-3?

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:18:44 +1100

Let's take a hike on the coast from San Francisco to Los Angeles to visit our friends in Newport Beach. I'll whip out my map and draw our route down the coast
- Michael Wolfe, CEO, Pipewise, Inc.

Recipe : Banana Bread

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:23:47 +1100

This recipe is courtesy of Nadine and uses olive oil in place of butter. Damn tasty!

Ingredients

5/3 cups plain flour
3/2 tsp baking powder
1/3 cup caster sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 eggs
1/2 cup olive oil
3 mashed bananas
Optional: handfull of dates, sliced or whole (but pips removed)

Steps

Preheat over to 160-180C.
Sift flour and baking powder in a large bowl.
Add sugar and cinnamon and mix to combine.
Combined bananas and vanilla extract and add to the dry ingredients and combine.
Add in eggs and olive oil to the mix and combine.
Finally stir through dates (if wanted) and pour into bread pan for baking.
Sprinkle with additional brown sugar and bake for 60 minutes (or until cooked).
Remove from oven and cool on a cooling rack.
EAT! Fantastic with honey and ricotta, a spot of butter or plain. Goes even better with coffee.

Wow (via : : d u n k » Aquabumps Surf Photography...

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:54:36 +1100

Wow (via : : d u n k » Aquabumps Surf Photography Bondi Beach Surf Report)

Wow! (via Ehukai » Aquabumps Surf Photography Bondi Beach...

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:02:10 +1100

Wow! (via Ehukai » Aquabumps Surf Photography Bondi Beach Surf Report)

"When the world changes… It’s painful, expensive, time-consuming, stressful and ultimately..."

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:28:38 +1100

“

When the world changes…

It’s painful, expensive, time-consuming, stressful and ultimately pointless to work overtime to preserve your dying business model. All the lobbying, the lawsuits, the ad campaigns and most of all, the hand-wringing, aren’t going to change anything at all. In fact, instead of postponing the outcome you fear, they probably accelerate it. The history of media and technology is an endless series of failed rearguard actions as industry leaders attempt to solidify their positions on a bed of quicksand. Again and again the winners are individuals and organizations that spot opportunities in the next thing, as opposed to those that would demonize, marginalize or illegalize (is that a word?) it. Breaking systems that benefit your customers is dumb. Taking money from lobbyists to break those systems is dumber still.

”

- Seth’s Blog: When the world changes…

Myth: the LNP is a party of lower taxes.

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:44:25 +1100

Myth: the LNP is a party of lower taxes.

What if we count the iPad as a Computer…

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:44:53 +1100

What if we count the iPad as a Computer…:

Deutsche Bank gets owned on their research.

Do you trust them?

"every dollar’s worth of foreign claims on America is matched by 89 cents’ worth of U.S. claims on..."

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:22:00 +1100

“every dollar’s worth of foreign claims on America is matched by 89 cents’ worth of U.S. claims on foreigners”

- Nobody Understands Debt - NYTimes.com

"…families have to pay back their debt. Governments don’t — all they need to do is ensure that debt..."

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:21:07 +1100

“…families have to pay back their debt. Governments don’t — all they need to do is ensure that debt grows more slowly than their tax base. The debt from World War II was never repaid; it just became increasingly irrelevant as the U.S. economy grew, and with it the income subject to taxation…”

- Nobody Understands Debt - NYTimes.com