http://akir-design.com/blog Young female intruding in the male dominated world of Mechatronic Engineering… Mon, 04 Feb 2008 10:58:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am quite content in admitting that i may just never leave my study again. I was kindly given a set of Lego Mindstorms for Xmas and as i have only just returned to Sydney i was only just able to start playing. I decided it was best to start ... http://akir-design.com/blog/2008/02/04/lego-nxt-the-mind-storms-of-hundreds-of-itty-bitty-pieces/   I am sure that every woman who lives with a male will sympathise with me here, in-fact this is such an issue that a number of studies and research articles have been done to drop hints to the male race that all they really need to do to impress us ... http://akir-design.com/blog/2007/06/16/how-the-hell-do-you-make-a-guy-clean/ As most of you would already know my partner works in a water saving line of work, meaning he is continuously coming home with water restrict-ers, new water saving methods and of course criticism on how much of a cretin i am when it comes to saving water or recycling ... http://akir-design.com/blog/2007/06/10/pleasures-of-saving-water/ Recently there has been allot of who-ha about this second life thing which is basically like an on-line version of Sims where you actually spend your own money and do various things to create on on-line life like you wish you really had. Well i thought i'd try and see what ... http://akir-design.com/blog/2007/05/29/second-life-revue/ Letter ONE: Dear Pedestrians; You continually whine and complain about the lack of "Path Edict" shone by Sydney cyclers. If i had a penny for the number of times i have either heard or read about a pedestrian (be they a runner or walker) who is having a bitch about bike ... http://akir-design.com/blog/2007/05/29/stop-complaining-about-cyclists-when-you-are-just-as-bad-if-not-worse/ Oh oh oh, POTATOOOOOOS, I like me POTATOOOOS, I like em mashed, i like em hot, Bit of butter, bit of salt, I like my potatoooos oh oh oh http://akir-design.com/blog/2007/05/26/the-potato-song/ Ok guys due to the failed attempts of Wombat and Stu to make our dear friend Joel an Internet celebrity, via the browser Barron, i decided it was time we tackled another angle. May i present to you the intro to the new hit FLASH series "Joel on Patrol": http://akir-design.com/blog/2007/05/26/finally-we-will-immortalise-joel/ I was intrigued to read in the SMH today the following headline: Parents told not to treat children with pet products This article was written after a child had become ill from an animal flea/tick treatment being used on him to get rid of head lice. Part of me is outraged ... http://akir-design.com/blog/2007/05/11/do-you-treet-your-child-like-an-animal/ It came as a suprise to me when i heard on ABC 702 at 4:04pm this afternoon that all the big media gooru's have joined together in a meeting today to stand up against the lack of "freedom of speech" in Australia. "Fancy that!" I thought, "media wanting everyone to ... http://akir-design.com/blog/2007/05/10/media-stand-up-for-freedom-of-speech/ I don't know how many of you have been into Target recently but if you can help it please don't! What used to be a great place to go for a bargain in clothes, bedding, toys, cosmetics and home wares has now decided to live up to it's ... http://akir-design.com/blog/2007/05/10/what-the-heck-happened-to-target/