Interesting… for some reason I’m fascinated by the idea of subliminal messages.
“The brain is open to what’s around it. So if there is ‘spare capacity’, in terms of attention, the brain will allocate that resource to subliminal activity.
“These findings point to the sort of impact that subliminal advertising may have on the brain.
“What this study doesn’t address is whether this would then influence you to go out and buy a product.” BBC

I love the idea but actually buying and wearing the t-shirt is possibly too geeky, even for me:

If I had more braincells and more time, I’d read this Critical Thinking on the web Top Ten but as it is I’ll have to pick up skerricks of wisdom where I can.

This is just… I’m not sure how to describe it. Suddenly this technology is serious, it’s being used to save lives instead of just showing apartments for rent or where photos were taken on a map. And FWIW it could just as easily be Yahoo or another map with a public API.
“Google is playing an unlikely role in the Iraq war. Its online satellite map of the world, Google Earth, is being used to help people survive sectarian violence in Baghdad.” BBC

Surely no shock?
“Women are failing to sell their IT skills effectively
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research shows that over half (54 per cent) feel they need proof of qualifications to reinforce their experience whereas their male counterparts would simply talk their way into new jobs and projects.
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An investigation by Computing (Computing, 18 January) found women working in the IT industry still feel they need to outperform their male counterparts to achieve the same level of success.”
But is that perception or is that reality? Either way, no wonder this is happening:
“The number of female IT workers is declining, representing just 16 per cent of the industry compared with 19 to 21 per cent in 2000 according to figure released last year by IT trade association Intellect, despite government and industry initiatives to attract women to the profession. ” Computing

I think I’ve always had a mild intellectual challenge on him and in a way it’s nice to acknowledge the previous generations of Australians who shaped the UK as we know it now.
He’s about to start a podcast on the BBC, and has a website (though I wouldn’t have called it ‘the first personal multimedia extravaganza of its type anywhere in the world’): “His impressive multi-media website, which acts as a one-stop shop for much of his work, may encourage other broadcasters and writers to follow suit. There is work by James and his favourite authors, plus webcasts of dozens of interviews conducted in his living room with the likes of Julian Barnes, Martin Amis and Cate Blanchett.”

Is it wrong that I want one of these?

And if you don’t already have an RSS reader, I’d recommend bloglines because you can use it from any computer and you can organise your feeds into folders. Make sure you choose the feedburner feed instead of the locally hosted ones.

I’m moving my feeds to Feedburner, so if you’re reading via RSS, please update your links! The new feed is at http://feeds.feedburner.com/Antiminke. I’ll keep the old feeds for a while but they’ll eventually be turned off.

“A poll by data and marketing company CDMS found that 31 per cent of top UK firms were guilty of flouting the EU directive on privacy and electronic communications, which provides internet users with the right to refuse emailed adverts and marketing material.
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many firms are jeopardizing their reputation by permitting themselves to be regarded as ‘junk emailers’.” BCS
I’m glad to see this study because I develop an immediate hatred for any company that spams me (or is slightly dodgy in how they add your email to their list – explicit opt-in only, please) and I’m glad to know it’s not just me.