30% of the workforce will retire in 10 years.

As the baby boomers shuffle along the mortal coil, and the Polish trot home having turned lead (Pb) into gold, the workforce is going to diminish by 30% in the next 10 years. The question is, does this mean we have a skills shortage, an environmentally and economically healthy drop in demand and supply across ...

Funny as hell. Wait until the end!

Here’s a chap driving on Salvia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp2V6NXCkE0

Welcome the new robot overlords

Neat. http://www.image-metrics.com/

What is my role?

Ollie and I were talking a while back about how good it would be if we told each other more how we really perceive each other. But sometimes we find it hard, for all sorts of reasons. There’s an related post to be written about tarot cards, but, until then, I happened upon this way ...

We just have to change the game

http://seantevis.com/kansas/3000/running-for-office-xkcd-style/

Last FM

Last FM (www.last.fm) is awesome, and has been for years. I was just considering how MuxTape (www.muxtape.com) integrates with it, and if it would do anything cool with my Loved Tracks. But looking around I see they’ve gone one better / in a different direction. They now offer podcasts! How completely awesome is that?!? So ...

1.3m seconds to live

http://www.deathclock.com/dw.cfm?Day=22&Month=7&Year=1977&Sex=Male&Mode=Normal&bmi=-25&smoker=0 Bugger.

Effective States

I heard Ashraf Ghani yesterday on the Global Business podcast from the BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/worldbiz/). There’s an interesting conversation about mobile phones and micro-funding in Afghanistan, amongst others. He has a kind of Yunis approach to the Economic Hitman problem, and has set up the Institute for State Effectiveness (http://www.effectivestates.org), which in turn has some good ...

Oxytocin news

Telling people about oxytocin is a particular favourite of mine, since I think we should all be aware of the factors influencing our feelings, especially if we’re about to make life decisions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxytocin An interesting update to this was sent to me today, about a study in rats: “… these results suggest that oxytocin release, ...

Internet timeline

http://www.dipity.com/user/tatercakes/timeline/Internet_Memes/embed_tl?fs=1

10 skills to succeed at almost anything

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/10-skills-you-need-to-succeed-at-almost-anything.html Very useful. Via The Daily Networker http://www.dailynetworker.co.uk/

Daft Hands

Best chat up line ever

“We’re probably not going to make love tonight.” It plants seeds, and hits every trigger for an indignant pursuit of that which is denied. UPDATE 7th August 2008: Someone pointed out that “Come on, let’s go and have a naughty evening” is probably far better, since it’s more positive, playful, and loaded with opportunity.

Important post-apocalypse skills #35

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanning

Another good you tube moment

http://youtube.com/watch?v=k6YkmQaJvas

Just don't.

…turns out it’s not such a good phrase after all: http://nsgcd.org/resources/factsheets/fs007.pdf

Book, er, prize?

Here are the books I’ve read in the last few years which have changed my outlook on the world and deepened my emotional capacity: Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card http://www.amazon.co.uk/Enders-Game-Ender-Orson-Scott/dp/1904233023/ Taught empathy and emotional articulation. The Happiness Hypothesis, by Jonathan Haidt http://www.amazon.co.uk/Happiness-Hypothesis-Putting-Ancient-Science/dp/0099478897 An historically mindful, scientific and socio-psyhcological review of the information relating to ...

Sandra Jordan

Sandra Jordon, the reporter in the Dispatches: Killing Fields documentary (see last post) is my new heroine. http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/sandrajordan