I just finished readin George Monbiot’s Age of Consent. It is a good book, providing some plausible options for remaking the current “world order” into something that respects human rights, and that supports, not destroys the environment.
I saw George speak at a talk organised by Oxfam Community Aid Abroad which lead me to buy the book. Very inspiring and challenging.
Metallica Sue Canadian Band over E, F Chords.
UPDATE: This is a hoax. Still worth a laugh tho!
Saw Death Cab For Cutie and Something for Kate at the Metro on Saturday night. Awesome!
I was in the studio with my band, Glance on the weekend. We tracked three songs, and managed to mix two of them. Samples and photos will be on the Glance site soon. We’re really happy with how they turned out. Our plans for an EP release in September are a great deal closer now I feel – which is a blast.
“Your old mobile phone could become a lifeline for an asylum seeker in Brisbane. Asylum seekers need to be able to be contacted by us and other people, such as lawyers and doctors. For those asylum seekers who have permission to work, being contactable by phone is a vital pre-requisite for getting a job.
Jim Moore: Risk capital is also part of the second superpower solutionAttachments.
“Our overall take is that there are 6.3 billion people in the world –probably going to 9 billion over the next decade — and that our current world economy only works for about 500 million of us. Big problem. Big security problem. Big moral problem. Big happiness and lifestyle problem. Big ecological problem.
We “soft launched” my company’s product website today. It’s called NETaccounts. I’ve been working like a silly bugger on the logo design, website design and corporate ID for the past week. Pretty happy with the result – a very different approach for me.