I received a flyer from an organic food company. One of their selling points is that they keep packaging to a minimum. Sounds sensible. Less waste in the environment. When you look into it though it isn’t quite that easy. According to the Advisory Committee on Packaging:– 1.5 grams of plastic extends the shelf life […]
Pit Stop
The video shows a Formula One pit stop. It fascinated me for a number of reasons. 1. It is very clear what needs to be achieved. 2. Everybody is sure what their role is and well trained. 3. The people who are there are the people who need to be there. Nobody else is milling […]
Don’t Trust Them
I found a fascinating article on Euronews about the state of America’s security agencies. As well as the FBI and the CIA there are 14 other agencies, all of which report through to the “Director of National Intelligence”. Apparently what these 16 agencies don’t know between them isn’t worth knowing. The failings in US counter […]
Christmas Wishes?
I was sent this, by my friend Scott. It is funny, in a very sad sort of way. It demonstrates quite nicely how we can absolutely miss the point of what we are doing and get completely side tracked. I wanted to send some sort of Festive greeting to my friends and family, but it […]
Brain Scan
Glasgow’s Western infirmary owns a £500,000 CT scanner (computerised tomography if you must know, though I am not much wiser). Apparently it is used to scan patients’ brains if they are thought to have had a stroke. Unfortunately it has been idle for the past six months as the radiographer who operated it left the […]
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