Tampax: Excessive Packaging Fail

May 262012
 
 May 26, 2012  Posted by at 13:40 Inside Machiavelli Id , , ,  No Responses »
Tampax: Excessive Packaging Fail

The Tampax Multi-Pack: 3 different absorbencies in one handy box! Not really. It just has three smaller unprinted boxes inside the bigger branded box. What a waste of tree-corpse. Even if it’s all recycled and recyclable, what a waste of energy. It all has to be manufactured and transported. You know, I’ve got no issue with the colour coded individual wrappers. They’re hygienic and they help me find the absorbency I want. But why box them up like that? I could have coped if they were all loose in the one box. Tampax, you disappoint me. With you I can [...]

Cute Photo Alert! A Toddler Stole My Keys

May 072012
 
 May 7, 2012  Posted by at 15:30 Crash Test Baby, The Picture of Machiavelli Id , , ,  2 Responses »
Cute Photo Alert! A Toddler Stole My Keys

For as long as mankind has had keys, babykind has been fascinated with those keys. They’re an interesting, possibly shiny or jingly, definitely biteable or suckable toy to any tiny mind seeking entertainment. By the time they’re toddlers, kids think keys are even more magical. Not only fun but also a tool for opening exciting boxes or –even better!– doors and windows onto the outside world. Plus the keys are clearly important to the grown-ups, which makes stealing them or hiding them much more satisfying. My Toddler, My Key Thief Hmm, these look interesting… is that a beetle preserved in [...]

Electric Car Drivers ‘More Thoughtful’

Apr 242012
 
 April 24, 2012  Posted by at 10:55 All psychology is amateur, The science of Machiavelli Id , , , , , ,  No Responses »
Electric Car Drivers 'More Thoughtful'

This is a guest post by Robert Taylor.   Researchers at Newcastle University say electric vehicle drivers report feeling less stressed, calmer and more in control of their electric car. In addition, electric vehicles were found to emit less than half of the carbon dioxide produced by conventional combustion engine cars and grid energy is increasingly being generated by greener renewable sources. Walking slowly helps reaching the destination Despite the environmental benefits of electric vehicles however, their take-up remains slow. The government has an incentive package – the plug-in car grant – which gives customers up to £5,000 towards the [...]

Happy Friday 13th! Here’s What Happened Last Time…

Apr 132012
 
 April 13, 2012  Posted by at 09:52 All psychology is amateur , , ,  No Responses »
Happy Friday 13th! Here's What Happened Last Time...

OK, as I’m writing this, tomorrow will be Friday the 13th of April. By the time you read it, that’ll be today. I Don’t Believe In It I normally mock the whole Friday 13th superstition, mainly because there’s not much proof of it existing before the nineteenth century (and I’m pretty sure if it was really unlucky, people would have noticed before then). It all has an edge of obsessive-compulsive disorder that I don’t feel any need to engage in. And the Friday The 13th films haven’t helped it either. To be a snob about it, I think it was the [...]

Suburban Nature Spotting: Bluebells

Apr 122012
 
 April 12, 2012  Posted by at 18:05 Crash Test Baby, The adventures of Machiavelli Id , , , ,  No Responses »
Suburban Nature Spotting: Bluebells

Mini-MI and I found these classic Easter-time flowers just down the path among the council flats. Bluebell season is one of my favourite times of year. They grow better in the woods, though. Someone may well now show up and inform me that those aren’t bluebells. I don’t know if they officially are or not, but they look close enough for me, even if they’re actually something else. Want to grow your own bluebells? You can buy bluebell seeds online and plant them somewhere with a good amount of shade. They smell nice, and insects like them so you might [...]

Mr Tumble the South Park Hand Puppet

Apr 112012
 
 April 11, 2012  Posted by at 15:43 Crash Test Baby , , , ,  No Responses »
Mr Tumble the South Park Hand Puppet

Don’t ask me why this free gift Mr Tumble hand puppet looks so much like a South Park character… but it definitely does.  

What’s Easter Really About? Fire, Sex and Food (and Astronomy)

Apr 082012
 
 April 8, 2012  Posted by at 10:00 All psychology is amateur, The science of Machiavelli Id , , , , , , , ,  No Responses »
What's Easter Really About? Fire, Sex and Food (and Astronomy)

Easter: if you ask me, it’s about fire, sex and food. Isn’t everything? We’re the ones who left the cave empty, but we brought all our primal baggage out with us.

Beautiful Physics: Black Hole Montage [Video]

Apr 062012
 
 April 6, 2012  Posted by at 21:25 Crash Test Baby, The science of Machiavelli Id , , , , , ,  1 Response »
Beautiful Physics: Black Hole Montage [Video]

This. is. awesome.  7 minutes of black hole formation animations, interacting galaxies, pulsars, and other pretty things. With a Chemical Brothers soundtrack. Forget the old Red Dwarf joke about black holes in space; there’s a lot to see and it’s beautiful to watch. Mini-MI loved it, so I’ll ask the 4nim4l to add it to her bedtime playlist.

Don’t Hate Me Cause I’m Pretty, Hate Me Cause I’m a Vapid Twat!

Apr 042012
 
 April 4, 2012  Posted by at 18:36 All psychology is amateur, The Picture of Machiavelli Id , , , ,  No Responses »
Don't Hate Me Cause I'm Pretty, Hate Me Cause I'm a Vapid Twat!

Apparently, Brick is not only pestered by offers of champagne from aeroplane captains, and waived bar tabs from bartenders, but also suffers the agony of being disliked by other girls for being too pretty.

Toddler Changing Rooms: Messy Makeover

Apr 032012
 
 April 3, 2012  Posted by at 10:30 Crash Test Baby , , , ,  2 Responses »
Toddler Changing Rooms: Messy Makeover

A toddler can make a mess within seconds. Especially if she thinks that Miffy and Baby Annabell need a nappy change.

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