Who would have thought it…

BBC NEWS | Technology | Broadband World: Mapping the global picture

I write this sitting underneath Moleskin 42! Yes the one in the bottom on this post…

gapingvoid: “cartoons drawn on the back of business cards”: now accepting private commissions for moleskines and cube grenades

It’s well worth the investment. No home is complete without one.

It’s an amazing set of photos. Really something exceptional but I can’t get the idea out of my head that we’ve created hell on earth.

Cardiff at night

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After decades of noisy polluted streets the electric car promises something new to change the life of city dwellers radically. Then along come the idiots…

“Some drivers say that when their cars are in electric mode people are more likely to step out in front of them. The solution, many now believe, is to fit electric and hybrid cars with external sound systems.”

Electric cars should make a noise | The sound of silence | The Economist

“WHETHER to teach young children a second language is disputed among teachers, researchers and pushy parents. On the one hand, acquiring a new tongue is said to be far easier when young. On the other, teachers complain that children whose parents speak a language at home that is different from the one used in the classroom sometimes struggle in their lessons and are slower to reach linguistic milestones. Would 15-month-old Tarquin, they wonder, not be better off going to music classes?”

Bringing up baby bilingually | Twice blessed | The Economist

How lovely and old fashioned; strangely English in it’s world view.

Where to start?

• The vast majority of the world is bilingual not by choice but because it is a minimum requirement of daily life.
• What is also missing is the understanding that the advantage is not just limited to language; it’s the fact that you learn and understand another culture.