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B3TA: “Office Christmas Parties
My office this year is having Christmas lunch. In the office. On some desks we are going to clear the monitors off. The computers underneath will keep running as we are behind on some deadlines and need to keep rendering.

OK, so some people aren’t getting anything, but how Scrooge-like are your bosses when it comes to Christmas?”

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Bad Science Awards
“The Bad Science Awards are out. These should put a smile on any science geek’s face. Prize gems include: shrinking water molecules, anesthetic condoms, and a plan to send homeopathic AIDS remedies to Botswana.” ~ KDan

Procter & Gamble have a flaming cheek!!!!

As if its not bad enough P&G, one of the world’s largest consumer product companies, have been branded the “world’s worst” corporation for their continued poisoning and killing of animals in the development of new cosmetics and toiletries, and on top of the irony of using animals to advertise their animal tested products such as Pringles and Febreze, I have just read in MARKETING WEEK:

“P&G to target green market with ‘natural oils’ Flash range.
Procter & Gamble is to launch a range of cleaning products based on natural oils under its Flash brand next year. The products are not environmentally friendly but they are being targeted at the environmentally aware consumer. The Flash Naturals all-purpose cleaner range will include products that have extracts of grapefruit and green tea, fresh lemon and sea minerals. Industry sources say P&G hopes the products will tap into the growing popularity of products that are seen as environmentally kind. The company already sells an orange-based variant under Flash, although sources say the new line will carry a much stronger “nature” message.”

Grey London handles advertising for this brand, the campaign worth over £3m.

Other P&G “natural” products to watch out for: Fairy antibacterial dishwashing range with natural ingredients; Febreze fabric conditioning has been launched with more natural-sounding ingredients like Meadow Rain and Summer Splash; and we all know about Herbal Essences which promises to be orgasmic as well.

Please consider boycotting this highly unethical giant. They couldn’t care less about animals, but they do care about how the public percieves them, and they care the most about profits. If enough people show their disgust and stop buying their products they will be forced to change their animal testing approach.

Other P&G animal tested products I have found: IAMS & Eukanuba, Oil of Olay, Max Factor, Hugo Boss, Head & Shoulders, Nice ‘n Easy, Bounce, Mr Clean, Vicks, Arial. Remember next time you pick up your favourite product on the shelves to have a close look for the P&G label, and have a good think about the various imaginative ways they have decided to test that product on restrained animals skins, eyes and digestive systems.

Other items of interest:

• “P&G refuses to stop testing its products on animals, despite the fact that these tests are not required by any law, and despite the fact that more reliable and humane alternatives do exist.”

• “Internal Memo Exposes P&G’s Agenda To Bypass EU Animal Testing Ban“

Remember, 10 out of 10 cats prefer not to be vivisected by IAMS/EUKANUBA.

I wish I had time to sit down and make stuff like this!!!!!!!!! These guys are brilliant!

Building a Balancing Scooter
“Self-balancing scooters, like the Segway™ are often thought to be technological miracles, but it is not actually very hard to build one.

I built the one described here in about a week using off-the-shelf parts. I spent another week tweaking the high-speed stability, improving the steering control, and writing about it.”

“Local school officials in a suburb of Houston, Texas, are investigating how it was possible that a school police officer handed out calendars to students that featured explicit details on satanic and sexual rituals for every day of the month.

The school police officer who handed out the calendars was supposed to deliver a positive anti-gang message to the students last Monday, according to the report…”
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MIDNIGHT EYE
The Latest and Best in Japanese Cinema

Feeling voyeuristic? Take a peek into my day yesterday:

The tiny desk in my tiny office where I do my freelance design work (mostly at night).

Pleccie my sail-fin plecostomus, munching on a large algae ball. Tins and I like to compare plecs. He was freeing a lot of stinky old debris so the other fish came to investigate. That stick in the front is Twiggy, my twig fish, aka bony Tony. Keyhole chichlid on the right – a magnificent, strong and perfect specimen although a little blurry in the pic. One of the peppered corey’s under the algae ball. And the big neon streak is my only surving cardinal. He is incredibly fat and very chilled out, probably why he survived the trip from the Amazon. It broke my heart when his siblings died.

These apples were an old shot I found on the cam. I bet you won’t believe where they were made…

Well that’s it for now.

Hidden Turkey
I just received my brochure in the post today. It is luxuriously thick and packed with very exclusive, hand picked boutique hotels, private villas with pools as well as gulet and yacht cruising.

I heard about them through my mom and Jem who haven’t stopped raving about their unforgettable holiday last year. Their prices are surprisingly reasonable and are inclusive of flights and most include jeep or air-conditioned car too.

Imagine staying here, here or here or on this!

You just have to order their glossy brochure online, which is more like a book its so heavy and thick, even if you just drool over it and paw over the breathtaking photographs. It’s free and will be posted to your door. Go on!

Matching Leather iPod Mini Wallets
“These iPod mini Wallets from MacAttire/Acme are rather attractive, folding over like a day planner or a diary, and covered in Italian leather dyed to one of three mini-matching colors. If you’ve got a Blue, Pink, or Lime mini you can pick one up for £38 (apparently the other three colors aren’t chic enough).” ~ GIZMODO

Originally found on La Petite Claudine