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Airports are failing to stop terrorists

19/09/2008

Wired just had an interesting post about airport security. We know that they check our shoes and make us throw out our toothpaste for our own good, but is it actually stopping terrorists? Read the rest of this article »

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Psychology grad demonstrates simple fix for boredom

17/09/2008

The below demonstrates how important it is to define the problem before going on to solve it. Here, the problem was not the speed of the elevator, but the boredom of the people waiting in line. Read the rest of this article »

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5 writing tips from George Orwell (Animal Farm)

12/09/2008

I’m a huge advocate of hatred towards corporate-speak. I hate verbifying nouns and the defamation of the English language. Surprisingly, English is only my second language, but I love it too much to let middle-management and politicians to destroy it. Read the rest of this article »

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