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Hot stuff

If you want to know the top gadgets of 2008, this is what's been shifting on ebay...

1. Nintendo Wii: 2,056,866 related items sold
2. Microsoft Xbox360: 1,297,903 related items sold
3. Sony PSP: 350,591 related items sold
4. iPod Touch: 281,361 related items sold
5. Nintendo Wii Fit: 266,584 related items sold
6. Apple iPhone 3G: 212,837 related items sold
7. BlackBerry Pearl: 207,688 related items sold
8. BlackBerry Curve: 193,788 related items sold
9. Sony Playstation 3: 103,333 related items sold
10. Guitar Hero III: 98,159 related items sold

(Thanks to Gizmodo)

More Intelligent Life

It's been around for a year nowbut ,if you haven't already discovered it, Intelligent Life (from the Economist stable) is well worth a read - all the content is free on their site.

Freedom is written on our lips for those who dare to use them

Second thing we've done with Bondage For Freedom. This is a short film on the importance of speaking up for freedom that has been running in cinemas before In Prison My Whole Life, a documentary about US death-row journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal...

10 things we didn't know before the 49th week of 2008

1. The first trunk call made in the UK was by the Queen.
2. Claims worth £40m are made each year to the Bank of England in relation to damaged banknotes.
3. And two serial numbers must be legible for a damaged note to be exchanged at the bank.
4. A street light costs about 15p a night to keep lit.
5. The world's timekeeping is monitored by one man.
6. And December 2008 will last one second longer than December 2007.
7. Motorways are five times safer than single-lane roads, according to the AA.
8. The Sydney Opera House was inspired by a peeled orange.
9. Shakespeare probably lost his sight.
10. Spanish has overtaken German as the second most popular language taught in schools.

(Borrowed from the BBC)

Myers-Briggs your blog

Everyone loves a bit of psychometric testing. And now you can put your blog on the couch, thanks to Typealyzer. So the personality type of Livingbrands turns out to be INTP, which isn't my type (INFJ) but sounds right for a planning blog… 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"THE THINKERS

The logical and analytical type. They are especially attuned to difficult creative and intellectual challenges and always look for something more complex to dig into. They are great at finding subtle connections between things and imagine far-reaching implications.

They enjoy working with complex things using a lot of concepts and imaginative models of reality. Since they are not very good at seeing and understanding the needs of other people, they might come across as arrogant, impatient and insensitive to people that need some time to understand what they are talking about."

…whilst over at my other, occasional blog (Just One Small Thing) the verdict is ISTJ, showing that two things written by the same person can have a very different style.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"THE DUTY FULFILLERS

The responsible and hardworking type. They are especially attuned to the details of life and are careful about getting the facts right. Conservative by nature they are often reluctant to take any risks whatsoever.

The Duty Fulfillers are happy to be let alone and to be able to work int heir own pace. They know what they have to do and how to do it."

 

No idea how it works - some kind of word count analysis thing I guess.

All I want for Christmas is stuff

Where the world is going wrong...

Thanks to Paperless Christmas and their on-line Advent Calender.

None of us are free

The first of a couple of things we've done with Bondage for Freedom, this is a promo in support of the Angola 3...