"National parks in NSW will be opened up to recreational hunters as part of a deal between the Shooters and Fishers Party and the government to ensure passage of its electricity privatisation bill."
by alex hardy
film + television + new media composer, based in australia.
May 30, 2012
May 30, 2012
…and like a bullet, lodged in an inoperable position in the spine, we’ll have to leave it there.
Comedy gold.
May 28, 2012
Suss - Rona Nishliu (Live @ 2012 Eurovision Semi Final 1)
Original Jazz version, in English, here.
May 28, 2012
"The tiny bodies of those killed in Houla were slashed, cut by knives or blown apart by a bullet at point-blank range. At least 32 children were among 108 people slaughtered in a massacre at the Syrian town, which is located in central Homs province."
— Enough is enough.
(Source: news.com.au)
May 25, 2012
"Piracy is robbery with violence, often segueing into murder, rape and kidnapping. It is one of the most frightening crimes in the world. Using the same term to describe a twelve-year-old swapping music with friends, even thousands of songs, is evidence of a loss of perspective so astounding that it invites and deserves the derision it receives."
— The Blind Giant (via theblindgiant)
(via merlin)
May 23, 2012
It’s the production quality of Eurovision, not the songs, that keeps me coming back.
Have you ever raced down an aisle, no hands, on a Segway, with a Steadicam strapped to your body, leaping off, on to stairs and on to the stage, while 125 million people watch on? Margin for error = 0.
This guy is a pro…
May 23, 2012
May 22, 2012
"The iPhone power adapter is a switching power supply, where the input power is switched on and off about 70,000 times a second in order to get the exact output voltage required."
— That is why you pay $39 for a replacement.
(Source: arcfn.com)
May 21, 2012
May 18, 2012
Sesame Street - Monsterpiece Theater - Twin Beaks
May 16, 2012
May 16, 2012
May 14, 2012
Unskilled and Unaware of It - How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments
This report states that, for a given skill, incompetent people will:
- tend to overestimate their own level of skill;
- fail to recognise genuine skill in others;
- fail to recognise the extremity of their inadequacy;
- recognise and acknowledge their own previous lack of skill, if they can be trained to substantially improve.
People tend to hold overly favourable views of their abilities in many social and intellectual domains. The authors suggest that this overestimation occurs, in part, because people who are unskilled in these domains suffer a dual burden: Not only do these people reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices, but their incompetence robs them of the meta-cognitive ability to realize it. Across 4 studies, the authors found that participants scoring in the bottom quartile on tests of humour, grammar, and logic grossly overestimated their test performance and ability. Although their test scores put them in the 12th percentile, they estimated themselves to be in the 62nd. Several analyses linked this miscalibration to deficits in meta-cognitive skill, or the capacity to distinguish accuracy from error. Paradoxically, improving the skills of participants, and thus increasing their meta-cognitive competence, helped them recognize the limitations of their abilities.
May 14, 2012
"The joke about The X-Files spotting is: “Let’s just spot where there isn’t music,” because it’s practically wall-to-wall music."
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May 14, 2012
Monday’s turned out alright.
Bonus Point: Can you name the pop song based on the second movement?
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