Archives for: November 2006, 17

11/17/06

  11:00:11 pm, by Nimble   , 136 words  
Categories: Distractions

How To Dunk A Biscuit

Len Fisher, author of How To Dunk A Doughnut came to the aid of the Mad Labs crew to try to help perfect dunking biscuits for the maximum in slightly soggy flavour-boosting without the dreaded plop of soaked-through cookie crumbs into the bottom of your… more »
  02:07:55 am, by Nimble   , 337 words  
Categories: Announcements [A], Thoughts, Common Sense, People

Microlending Earns The 2006 Nobel Peace Prize

I caught an interview with Muhammad Yunus on the Daily Show, founder and director of the Grameen Foundation. He and the foundation split the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for work on microfinance and microlending as a tool against poverty. Microfinance is a… more »
  01:45:47 am, by Nimble   , 113 words  
Categories: Announcements [A]

Permanent Stamps

I had to blink a few times when I was picking up a parcel today, from a sign I saw at the post office. Canada Post has at last brought the concept of the "permanent stamp" across the pond. This is a stamp for a particular function (in this case,… more »