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While this talk was filmed in Feb 2005, it has just been posted to the TED site. It’s an excellent primer on the broad thinking of collective action, cooperation and collaboration.

I was recently asked to publish my phd abstract on HamiltonInstitute.com which you can now find here. This is a great site hosting a raft of interesting and diverse articles, ranging from “Are Familiar Faces Always Recognized?“, “The Ethics of Internet Privacy in Employment“, “Toward a ‘Korean Model’ of Development“, “Fuel Cells: Batteries of the Future?“.

The Hamilton Institute describes itself as:

..a not-for-profit organization overseen by the International High IQ Society. The Hamilton Institute’s mission is to provide a platform for amateur scholars to present their ideas and publish their work in a formal setting.

This is a great project to be able to contribute to and an excellent use of the web’s publishing capacity!

It’s been a long time coming, but I’m finally posting on the twins.

I keep thinking i’m going to do a grand catchup, but alas, it just hasn’t happened. So, instead, I’ve opted for something quick in order to stimulate some sort of action.

Having fun on the spare bed – Lucas just worked out how to climb up onto it – look out here he comes!
Here’s all the words we can think (roughly in order of adoption) that are currently in their vocabulary as of 2 Feb ‘08 (16.75 months old):

1. uh oh
2. balloon
3. ball
4. fan
5. ta
6. cold
7. ni-night
8. mama
9. dada
10. cassidy
11. tree
12. ear
13. shoe
14. toast
15. cheese
16. banana
17. nose
18. sushi
19. birdy
20. doggy
21. car
22. bottle
23. poo poo

A few random notes:

• On the 30th of Jan I asked Cedar to get his drum. He walked off with intent, then got distracted. After, I asked him again to get his drum – he said, “Mm!”, and walked off. He retrieved his drum from a tricky location and brought it back with much glee. (Though he still does not actually say ‘drum’.)
• On the 24th of Jan Lucas realised that he could walk backwards with much happiness, making all of us laugh with his silly backwards antics!

And here’s a barrage of lovely pics from the last few months:

Messy eating – outdoors fortunately!

Lucas says ‘hey!’

Cedar lookin mighty dapper indeed.

It’s the word on the street…

Erick parties with Lucas (who’s nearly at the end of his run).

Lucas discovers wind!

Cedar’s comin to getcha!

Chairsharing at the pub.

Beautiful mom, beautiful son.

Mangy me, marvelous miniman.

Lucas playin it cool in aunty Britt’s gift clothes from India.

Cedar got some pretty clothes too.

Grandma Aggy put me in a bucket!

Cuddles with Grandpa…

Lucas feeding Cedar, Cedar is tired.
Cedar & Lucas Update -> Feb 2008