I’m not really a great fan of Russell Brand and poor old Jeremy Paxman I find unamusing and irritating. The power of YouTube: This video immediately improved my opionion of both these men. If you have 15 minutes I recommend it…it will only feel like 5!
Very good, but they missed the thrown bottle out! You need to wait for an advert to play first.
I look forward to selling this one in to my children:
Thousands of students skip school everyday. It is a problem in every school district across the globe.
Now RFID tracking technology is being used in countries like the UK and Brazil to help tackle the issue.
via School Uniforms With RFID Tracking System Tells Parents When Kids Cut Class.
I can see a new ‘trade’ in swapping blazers or ‘tapping’ in to school, dropping the uniform and leaving. It will be interesting to follow the success of this.
This may be one of those technology ideas that comes under the banner of “just because we can doesn’t mean we should.”
Money is a collective act of the imagination, and it’s a thing which we have invested our credence in, and it works because we do that”
John Lanchester
via BBC News – What is money, why do we trust it and has it become too confusing?.
What’s the difference between a tick box and a check-list? And why is one seen as better than the other, asks Michael Blastland in his regular column.