Encased in a steel cage and with people prevented from choosing their own drinks, yesterday’s Newtown Festival ceased being a true community event and became yet another “officially-sanctioned party.” It’ll never be the same again. But why should it be that way?
Divorce rates down (a bit)
Australia’s divorce numbers have fallen for the fourth year in a row — although to look at the graph (total number of divorces granted in each year) it’s nothing to write home about.
Check the full report for some other fascinating insights.
Roaming Cavendish Lane
And now a video which is not propaganda! My photographic better half has assembled some of his fine architectural abstracts into this 9-minute journey down Enmore’s Cavendish Lane. Enjoy.
You’ll also have the chance to see this at higher resolution at an exhibition in December — but if you can’t wait until then there’s a higher quality Quicktime (54MB).
Those Deadly Democrats
“Which presidents and political parties were responsible for America’s deadliest wars?” asks the cartographer. “Republicans, Democrats, or the Founding Fathers?” This animated view of America’s military history is from the guy who brought you the animated Imperial History of the Middle East.
It’s fascinating because it’s a fine example of political propaganda — released as it was shortly before the US mid-term Congressional elections, showing how (apparently) the Democrats have caused more death than the Republicans. Watch and learn…
Attention to detail, people!
Every time I advertise for staff, I’m amazed at how few people actually read the job description before applying. My business is looking for a technical support person, and the description includes an attention-to-detail test at the bottom. So far, only one applicant out of 17 has passed that first test.
Prussia.Net job vacancies
My business Prussia.Net has two jobs available right now: a half-time admin/bookkeeper and a full-time client technical support person.