First World Problems

There is one awesome drawing that I often use as a reference when comparing 1st World and the rest of it. Here it is, illustrating a comparison between 1st World problems to 3rd World ones:

http://thisisindexed.com/2010/11/poor-things-2/

A Day at the Beach

Finally a hot day on a weekend. The forecast was +40 and it came close to. This was my first day spent at the beach and it and I enjoyed it very much. You can see at the chart how the temperature was rising steadily since 6am. Didn't feel that hot inside the house.

The cold wind in the afternoon sent most people home from the beach. You can see how quickly the temperature dropped back to twenties.

Vacation and Holiday Laws

Here is an interesting comparison of vacation and holiday times, as mandated by the OECD countries:

It only emphasizes that pure comparison of salaries in different countries are very far from displaying the full picture. For example, a higher salary in the US matters way less when you compare it to 30 days of paid annual leave in France. In some other countries, as well, what you get back for your tax money counts a lot. Issues like infrastructure, human rights (in Finland, people have a right to Internet access of 1Mbps) and so on can make a significant difference in the quality of life.

Also, have a look at this research into the topic, from Mercer.

Zizzle - Melbourne deals

I just received this link to a nice promotion of European beers. The site looks interesting as there might be similar deals in the future so I'm posting here for reference

http://www.zizzle.com.au/melbourne

Statistical Maps of Europe

Here are some statistical maps of Europe, mostly from years 2005 and 2006. Nonetheless, it is interesting to seem the distributions of population, GDP, and different other stats.

http://www.eupedia.com/europe/maps_of_europe.shtml

Some more info on European demographics, with maps - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Europe. 

New Games

After finding a reference to a new game, called Just Cause 2, at Coding Horror (link) it was even more hillarious to read an adventure described in a referenced text (link). It was a hillarious experience to go through the text and all the comments and links. Really good treat for a Friday!

Jedinica

VREME i B92 predstavljaju dokumentarni serijal

JEDINICA

neispričana priča o CRVENIM BERETKAMA

http://www.b92.net/specijal/jedinica/

Rains in Melbourne

This year there is surprisingly lot of rain. Apparently it is El Nino year and in Australia it manifests itself by having huge amounts of rain. Which is quite contrary to what I expected, having been used to El Nino meaning dry years. So it seems at the Northern Hemisphere, at least.

Anyway... Having lots of rain finally makes this place resemble home. And, at the same time, it brings those memories of the reasons I left, after all. :) Getting wet on the way to work. Not being able to go out for a walk whenever one feels like (without getting wet). Swamps, streams, and water deposits everywhere. Awesome. The dams will probably fill to 120% this year...

Best Old Games | The Incredible Machine download, cheaty [eng]

I've found an old friend of mine online - The Incredible Machine is available for download at the link below!

Best Old Games | The Incredible Machine download, cheaty [eng]

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