The Happy Planet Index, HTML 5 and bearded beanies

Things in the industry:

Arcade Fire's new video shows what's possible with HTML 5, very cool video, which you can watch on Chrome, but if you don't have it then here's a link to a YouTube recording:
www.digitalbuzzblog.com/html-5-showcase-the-wilderness-downtown/


Things to make you chuckle:

I love the "Client from hell" blog, it gives you something new to laugh at everyday. This one, was just a general post about a weird human being though:
clientsfromhell.net/post/1048147641/really-im-not

Etsy has always been filled with the weird and wonderful. This is actually something that my husband decided to buy and wear. Out of the house. To a party. Yep, meet the bearded beanie:
www.etsy.com/listing/53635729/blue-striped-bearded-beanie-lxl

You have to love a travel story, particularly about strange foods. Here Gadling brings us "How not to eat meat in a foreign country":
www.gadling.com/2010/08/31/vegetarians-in-a-foreign-country-or-how-not-to-eat-meat-in-thailand/


Things that are cool:

TED talks are truly brilliant and incredibly inspirational This one's actually relatively old, but gives some great life lessons. The Happy Planet Index:
www.ted.com/talks/nic_marks_the_happy_planet_index.html

If you don't have 15 mins spare to watch this, then just take the following five key points to happiness:
1. Connect (with friends, family etc)
2. Be Active
3. Take Notice
4. Keep Learning
5. Give


Things in the news:

If you can't be bothered to trek all the way to Manly for your Ben & Jerry's fix then you'll be happy to know that there's a new Ben & Jerry's opening at Broadway:
www.twothousand.com.au/out/ben-and-jerrys-broadway/

Ginger Gossip

Things in the industry:

Updated 2010 preso on "What the f*ck is social media now?"


Things to make you chuckle:

Hungover owls

Car lashes


Things that are cool:

Little black cellphone dress


Things in the news:

Woman tries to smuggle tiger cub with soft toys

$18,000 martini anyone?

How Maslow applies to employee happiness

Gmail voice calls rack up 1 million in first 24 hours

Hiker dies trying to reach "Into the wild" bus

Yummy Cous Cous Salad

I've just made the yummiest cous cous salad I have ever tried, all thanks to the beautiful recipe book from my sister-in-law; 'made in morocco'.
This version of cous cous salad comes with chickpeas and goat's cheese, and is just loaded with flavour:

Ingredients:
1/4 cup olive oil
1 large onion, peeled and chopped
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 teaspoon tumeric
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon (I'd run out and used cardamon instead, which was delicious)
1+1/2 cups of vegetable stock
1+1/2 cups instant cous cous
420g can chickpeas, rinsed and drained
150g goat's cheese, crumbled
2 red peppers