A German town has scrapped all traffic lights and road signs in a bid to make the streets safer.
Officials believe removing the signs forces drivers to take extra care and show each other more consideration.
The radical experiment appears to be working as there has not been a single reported accident in the four weeks since the signs were ripped up.
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/06/recording-indus.html
I don;t understand this, over here in the UK every time a song is played the artist and composer gets paid a royalty. Doesn’t that happen in the States?
http://chemicallygreen.com/splash-and-dash/
U.S. Congress has a loophole in a bill that is using American taxpayers’ money to help pay for biodiesel being shipped overseas to Europe. Have your heard of the “Splash and Dash” program? The United States was accused of dumping subsidized biodiesel back in October of 2007. In 2007 this subsidy cost the American taxpayer $300 million, and it’s projected to cost the American taxpayers $600 million in 2008.
http://www.plurk.com/user/TaoTeChing
Lines from the Tao Te Ching plurked throughout the day
“Understanding The Hidden Cables That Connects Us All”
A post on our interconnectivity and the battle lines that can be formed as we align with thoughts of others we haven’t yet met whose voices resonate within us.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markeaston/
Perhaps the most famous example of a “nudge” is at Schiphol Airport in Holland. Managers were fed up with the state of the gents. Men were none too accurate in their aim. Warnings and signs did no good so designers tried a “nudge”.
A black fly was etched into the porcelain of each urinal – something to aim at. Spillages were reduced 80%.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNBev0tLDuE
Canto de Ossanha music by Baden Powell and Vinicius de Moraes.
Splendid version on accoustic guitar.
Vinicius De Moraes – interview and songs with Baden Powell
With extra special thanks to Stephiebug
http://www.techotic.com/japanese-woman-lives-like-a-hamster-for-a-week.html
From the page: “Sculptor and painter Sako Kojima who lived like a hamster for nearly a week in the store window for her performance in oeWhy I Became a Hamster” in 2004, where she had to move all day long like a hamster, as well as running, biting wood, chewing toys and scratching wall. This went on for about 3 – 6 days.”