Interesting Links for 27-07-2012

[andrewducker]

• De-gendering academic dress at Oxford
  (tags: oxford clothes gender )
• Why Sebastian Coe should be jailed in Scotland
  (tags: football scotland law )
• The British Banker's Association was warned weekly about LIBOR fraud back in 2008.
  (tags: banking uk fraud EpicFail )
• Mayor's sustainable Olympic taxis driven on a 130-mile trip to fill up in

Comments

[naath]

Seb Coe> Not buying it. I mean, sure, the flag fuck-up may have been illegal but I don't think that Coe is personally responsible for everything every Olympic employee does!

[alitheapipkin]

I thought it was ridiculous too, then I realised it was probably intended to be given they are trying to point out how silly the law is.

[andrewducker]

I wonder who would be held responsible.

[joexnz]

that article about ADHD and not being able to buckle down and do 9-5 constant work, unless you get really engaged and just spend hours figuring something out. Sounds very familiar.

I don't drink coffee, but drinking relentless certainly helped me focus, I just assumed I was tired, maybe it was something else.

But I haven't pulled all nighters or been able to sustain more than 3 -5 hours on one has, even when totally into it

[channelpenguin]

I'm not anything like ADHD, but DO work best in intense bursts of varying duration interspersed with lots of downtime (and plenty of sleep).

I suspect very few people are actually maximally productive or happy 9-5 grind style - it just suits the minion herders.

[erindubitably]

A good collection of links today, thanks!

[andrewducker]

Thank you! And apologies for not replying to your email yet. Early night last night and in aa training course from 9am until just now.

[nancylebov]

That quote about the dullest culture on earth may not be a fair description of how they raise children-- page down to Jeremy Pool's comments.