I’m so proud of Australia 15 Jun 2010 We’re best at car thefts. Beats those wussy Kiwis, who are only best at half shell mussels. [But, those who eat such things report, they are good.] The UK: CCTV. Germany, solar panels. France: Sugar beet[!] Guess what the US is best at… [Hat tip John Lynch, who is from Ireland: Quality of Life. And he left, the fool! To move to Arizona!] Australian stuff Humor
Humor Gems from Tom Waits 25 Oct 2008 Waits is one of the few people I admire almost without reservation, even including the industrial blues. A comment quoted on a passing web site was “We are monkeys with money and guns”, leading me via Google to this wonderful interview at NPR a few months back. Read it. I… Read More
Humor Erdös Numbers in philosophy 9 Sep 2009 A little while ago I found out that I have an Erdös Number of 3. I published a paper with Wesley Elsberry: Wilkins, John S., and Wesley R. Elsberry. 2001. The advantages of theft over toil: the design inference and arguing from ignorance. Biology and Philosophy 16 (November):711-724. Wesley has… Read More
Ecology and Biodiversity Watch out for the crocs, you drunks! 10 Nov 2007 When people visit Australia, we locals like to play up the dangers, like the most poisonous snakes and spiders, poisonous jellyfish, sharks, the drop bears, and of course the crocs. Very few of these are actually dangerous, in that with a bit of sensible precaution and awareness, you can avoid… Read More
Sugar beats! 🙂 Actually, France went into sugar beet cultivation during Napoleon reign, because the Englishs dominated the sea and thus sugar cane transports (though not only, but we speak sweet). The plant Stevia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevia) may shade the future of Sugar beet sometimes from now…