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Coffee is the second largest item of international commerce in the world. The largest is petrol.

Slow day. Found on Youtube.

Wording of Questions

2. Questions should be as neutral as possible. Avoid wording that might influence answers, e.g., evocative, judgmental wording.

Conducting Interview
3. Attempt to remain as neutral as possible. That is, don't show strong emotional reactions to their responses. Patton suggests to act as if "you've heard it all before."

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FAIL. heheheh. Yeah - I'm talking about you. Yes, you. You know who you are.

Here's a macro shot of a huge swarm of sandflies (or sandfly-like things)on a piece of metal rod. These things are about the size of a letter "e" on this page.

This is a response to Zack's macro-mania.

Honda Unveils Experimental Walking Assist Device With Bodyweight Support System

Japan, November 7, 2008–Honda Motor Co., Ltd. unveiled its second experimental walking assist device that helps support bodyweight to reduce the load on the user's* legs while walking, going up and down stairs, and in a semi-crouching position. Honda will now begin testing the device in real-world conditions to evaluate its effectiveness.

If the Malaysian government had been doing its job of testing for melamine in products sold in Malaysia, why did I accidentally buy this bag of biscuits of said brand with tainted products?

How would you feel if you had to swap a free gift 4GB SD card for a tea set? That's what I had to go through due to the utter incompetence that is Courts Mammoth (see previous story).

I don't really mind the tea set swap actually, it's just the way Courts handled it (or didn't handle it).

Yet another found on Youtube. Freakin' awesome / hilarious stop-motion video. Like living in a world without friction, gravity OR momentum.

Same goes for the Iced Mocha. Sorry.

Ever heard about these car talks when it comes to Honda / Toyota going around town on:

"Hondas have no market resale value"

Pretty common eh? I'll bet most of you would've heard it at some point.

Well, I set outto investigate into these ongoing rumors.

I started by getting insurance market value figures from insurance companies - I wouldn't say it is most accurate, give or take some differences but it is the benchmark values that all Insurance companies use to evaluate the value of their customers' cars. That's accurate enough, in my opinion.