Ed Dowding

Down the tubes

If you are a tube worker: DO YOUR JOB OR QUIT YOUR JOB. Don’t dick around with the rest of us.

Comedowns

Come downs. Fuck. I have to do this crap for the next 20 years? FUCK THIS SHIT. For the LOVE OF GOD / ME will SOMEONE please give me something worthwhile and FUN to do. Is that too much to ask?

Meaning of life

http://www.freshminds.com/animation/alan_watts_life.html

Acupuncture

I was lucky enough to have some acupuncture treatment form a friend a few nights ago. I had an unbelievably knotted muscle that was in permanent pain and incapacitating movement. 15 mins after sticking some needles in, and re-pushing them in since the muscle was forcing them out, the difference was amazing. During the process ...

Gang membership

Someone should put out some psyops about how being in gangs is totally gay and an expression of latent homoerotic desires. That’d put an end to it quite quickly, I suspect. Mind you with those bandanas they’d probably be glad to be summoned from the closet…

Talking

“Why is it always the people who want to talk about it who win?” Peep Show, Series 3.

Happiness

Here’s a thought: Misery is always visceral, whereas happiness can take (at least) 2 forms: the visceral (the funktionslust of mind and body working in invigorating and focused harmony), and the intellectual. It’s a bit annoying to realise that the intellectual form is both the most common for most of us, and can be swept ...

Democrat vs Republican ad

Very nice variation on a very good theme

Nothing is the new something

A great polemic from a great show. http://www.abc.net.au/rn/ockhamsrazor/stories/2007/1854261.htm

Police given access to c-charge cameras

And they promised it would never happen. Damn you all to hell. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6902543.stm

Sensible arab woman

http://www.break.com/index/arab-woman-takes-on-muslim-cleric2.html

mindolympics

idea to cash in on olympics & save world mindolympics.com / org pick 10 key problems that need solving in the world. not mathematical theorems etc, but daily problems. Like environment, perception of terrorism, war, population control, ill-informed electorates, etc. invite submissions from every country(‘s top universities / etc) solution must – solve problem – ...

How to tell if something is a good idea

1. Exactly what problem will this solve? (value proposition) 2. For whom do we solve that problem? (target market) 3. How big is the opportunity? (market size) 4. What alternatives are out there? (competitive landscape) 5. Why are we best suited to pursue this? (our differentiator) 6. Why now? (market window) 7. How will we ...

The World Bank Funds Israel-Palestine Wall

I didn’t know this. This is quite a big theme for me at the moment, because I’ve realised that we should be finding ways of reducing the walls between us, both literally and metaphorically. Obviously this is not a new realisation by any means, but it has been driven home by a brief dabble with ...

Friends will be the death of you

Those who eat with one other person consume about 35 per cent more than when they are alone; members of a group of four eat about 75 per cent more; those in groups of seven or more eat 96 per cent more. So says the New Republic on 22nd March 2007.

Going Commando

http://www.bumrapeisland.co.uk/browse.php

Another fantastic TED lecture

David Deutsch talking about fixing problems. “The limiting factor is not resource, it is knowledge.”

Advice in 7 words or less

Want affection? Offer genuine attention and appreciation. To persuade someone, tell a compelling story. For unqualified love, adopt a shelter animal. Don’t try to do anything important alone. First, understand why it is that way. Do one or two things really well. Find a need and fill it. Know what problem you’re solving. Never be ...

Sapid

sapid \SAP-id\, adjective: 1. Having taste or flavor, especially having a strong pleasant flavor. 2. Agreeable to the mind; to one’s liking.

Coffee

The amount that coffee makes one void oneself I’m surprised that coffee is not the most abundant, well irrigated, and most fertilised plant on the planet.