A tax on gorilla iconography? Oh noes… 27 Dec 2007 Greg Laden is reporting that Rwanda is taxing companies that use gorillas in their advertising, in order to pay for their conservation. Unfortunately, or fortunately if you are an albino silverback in Australia, this only applies to Rwandan companies. Or maybe I would happily pay a tax to the Rwandan government for the use of my avatar if asked. It depends on whether I have enough money for beer that month. Ecology and Biodiversity Humor
Ecology and Biodiversity Trashcan: hobs and goblins 10 Dec 2008 I’ve been travelling a little to organise my move to Sydney. Love the building, the department, the people and the project. Not sure about Sydney… so anyway, nothing of substance from me for a while. Here’s a lovely little essay about Newton pissing off most of the European intellectual giants… Read More
Australian stuff Come to Australia and learn to handle venomous snakes 14 Oct 2009 We like to joke with visitors about the venomous wildlife in Australia. I mean we even have a venomous mammal (well, sort of mammal). But as we have 20 of the world’s top 25 venomous snakes, we sometimes need to teach snake handling for the workplace. And somebody posed a… Read More
Just read this news item that Egypt is going to copyright the Pyramids: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071225/lf_afp/egyptantiquitieslaw
A clever idea. Hawass is a smart guy. But I hope they don’t try to get the Sudan, Mexico or Iraq to pay dues on those copies of the pyramids they have there… Perhaps they can get Bosnia to pay up, though.