Continuing in my ugly economist's hat mode, I feel compelled to share this little discussion about John Maynard Keynes . What? You mean you're not up on your economic theory, and can't remember who Keynes is? Well he just happened to be a British economist, responsible for 'Keynesian' economics (funny that), which was the basis for Macroeconomics, got made a baron, and etc etc... Don't worry, I forgot too. He was an important, influential economist. He liked numbers. Alot. He also liked men. Yes, Keynes was an unabashed comrade pillow-biter (Gosh, I don't mean to insult his memory, economists probably wouldn't like to be called 'comrade'). He found a way to combine two of the things he liked very much, numbers and sex with men. He kept diaries, with detailed statistics of his conquests. Now all this has been common knowledge for some time - he never really hid is sexuality, and one of his diaries is pretty straight forward. It just lists his rel...

I always intend not to post so many video's on this blog, but sometimes I cant help it. (Anyway, quit complaining, you're not at work any more so you can watch them... yes, you know who you are!) Like with this clip of Sarah Silverman's boyfriend responding to her clip 'I'm fucking Matt Damon' which I posted before . Enjoy. :D

I look quite silly when I have my economist's hat on, so I don't wear it very often. Consequently I couldn't really tell you what is happening with mortgages in the USA, other then its something bad. And if it is effecting the US economy, the rest of the world is screwed too. Fortunately these dandy stick figures do an excellent job of explaining it all. Not only is it entertaining, its informative too! Go here to see the whole series.

They were just regular, down to earth, hard working mobile phones. Then one day they were shot in the line of duty, and their bodies secreted away for nefarious experiments. When they were switched back on they found they were no longer regular phones, they were Robo-Phones! These are actually working mobiles from Japan . The robot arms and legs, optional extras that you stick to the phone, were produced as a promotion for a new Japanese TV drama called Ketai Sousakan 7 . All I know is that ketai means mobile phone, beyond that I've no idea what its about. I don't know if this beats that other Japanese TV show promo product, green tea flavoured bread-in-a-can from a vending machine , but I do know that I won't be having nightmares about bread-in-a-can. At least I hope not! :|

Aside from the irony of this clip being shared on YouTube, it's also pretty funny.

Don't say I never do anything for you. Here is a list of exhibition openings and other arty events in Adelaide for the next few weeks. Wednesday 27 February – 5.30 to 7pm Ivan Navarro Exhibition – Greenaway Art Gallery, Kent Town Thursday 28 February – 5 to 7pm Penumbra Exhibition – Samstag Museum, UniSA City West (This one requires an RSVP) Thursday 28 February – 6 to 8pm ReMix/Broca II (Letters/Numbers) Exhibition – EAF Lion Arts Centre. Thursday 28 February – 6 to 8pm Last Riot + Autogenic Exhibitions – JamFactory, Lion Arts Centre, Morphett St Thursday 28 February – 6pm to walk on a sea of salt – CACSA, Parkside Friday 29 February – 4 to 6pm Elisa Sighicelli Exhibition – Flinders Uni City Gallery, State Library, North Tce Friday 29 February - 6pm Adelaide Biennale Exhbition - Art Gallery of South Australia, North Tce (No entry without an invitation) Sunday 2 March – 1 to 3pm Artists Week Keynote Address: Doug Aitken – Elder Hall, Adelaide Uni Sunday 2 March – 5.3...

My brain is a little frazzled, its been a long day and I'm tired. So I might not be in the best state to use this new tech, but it only exists as a prototype, so there's no danger. However, the company hopes to have a consumer version released in time for xmas. Its a headset from Emotiv , that works as a game control device by reading your brain waves. It uses a clever combination of software and hardware to figure out what you want the object on screen to do. Hopefully they will develop some interesting games for it. For now though I'm relieved I don't have one, I think I would have already crashed the computer several times.