Viral Hoaxes

Many warnings you'll see online about computer viruses, especially those spread via social networking sites such as Facebook are actually viral hoaxes. Rather than there actually being any threatening virus, the hoax warning, often actually a prank, spreads by sneaking past the rational part of the reader's brain and hooks onto the ancient emotional response to protect the group & thus finds its way via the fingers & keyboard to a newly replicated incarnation online.

So the next time you spot a viral hoax just ignore it or post this link :-)

Wealth: Fair Share?

The graph below is based on some of the data at www.is.gd/wealth



It shows how top 1% own over a third & bottom half own just 1%. Still trying to refine how best to display this.

Erika's homework - Scottish Wildcats

Eldest daughter has been putting together a slideshow for a school project...



You can also view it here via this short link www.is.gd/wildcats

She's found it very easy edit via Google Docs & the nice thing it can be downloaded as a PDF or Powerpoint PPT too.