Andrew's Blog

An 8.6 Gigapixel photograph!

Well it’s a nice idea.
A car that runs on air.

I was reading Dunc’s post Bye Bye Houses which touched on a few subjects that I have been musing about lately.
I spend a lot of time reading, and studying the financial markets. One of the interesting things I can assure you is true is that the human brain is a very bad at understanding risk, [...]

This is a pretty interesting website.
World statistics updated in real time.

Always use sunblock.
This is the simple message for anyone who lives in Australia. I remember days of peeling skin after running around in the QLD sun as a kid, so far I haven’t payed much of a price.
Here’s an excellent photo journal of one 30+ yr old’s battle with skin cancer.
Link from Duncs blog.

I have recently finished two books that should be put on the curriculum in schools.
Affluenza: Hamilton & Denniss. An exploration of how we are sold the lie of increasing consumption leading to happiness, and solutions for how to overcome these effects.
‘The problem is not that people own things, the problem is that things own [...]