Sounds of Lincoln [Video]
Solitude [Picture]
Aussie pets [News]
Eagle Eyed [Video]
Santa writes, Mark Twain style [Letters of note]
3 year old Susie Clemens, who may be more recognisable as Ms. Mark Twain Jr., woke up one Christmas morning to find this letter from Santa. Ah, the joys of having a writer for a dad!
Bad news for middle managers [Article]
Scott Adams reckons its the middle managers, not the skilled manual labour, that will be replaced by robots. He observes that that the least skilled employees are promoted to management. You need your most skilled people doing interface design, engineering, and the hard stuff. Management is mostly about optimizing resource allocation, and that is something a robot can learn relatively easily, at least compared to most skilled jobs.
Urban vs Rural [Video]
A video compilation of parallels in urban vs rural areas. Splendid!
7 Down [Article]
I grew up with a (perhaps unhealthy!) fascination for crossword puzzles. I just realized from this article that the job of the cross-word puzzle creator isn’t as well paying as playing with spreadsheets, although the newspaper that runs these crosswords makes a pile!!!
Films for Action [Links]
This holiday season, you may want to watch some movies. Or you can watch Films For Action, for free. The catch is that they really are short videos, & provide you some food for thought. Here’s a sample, called “Pirates & Emperors“, highlighting in verse & in under 4 minutes, how governments maintain control.