Australian Politics 101
Just when Australian politics couldn’t get any more confusing… Yesterday, the federal progressive party (the Labour Party) campaigning on Health issues lost to the federal conservative parth (the...
View ArticleA lesson in love comes from a surprising quater
I was awoken this morning by my mobile at the ungodly hour of 7:50am. It seems the changes I made last night caused BU to cease to work. Which is weird since I made the change at 1am, and the traffic...
View ArticleA little planet is a dangerous thing
I had a quick wander through Planet Debian and it took to on to such interesting things as progress shots on a graphical Debian-Installer (Not actually from Planet Debian, but I can’t work out where I...
View ArticleTrack… forward?
Things I’m tracking, hoping for good things: GplFlash2 Open source, GPL implementation of Macromedia Flash 7. The developer has a blog, last updated in July. Bazaar-NG Revision Control Software from...
View ArticleDepressed atomic bombs
Seen on TV news tonight: Scientists have identified the depression-response gene which governs how well people handle stressful situations and how likely they are to lapse into depression. They are...
View ArticleSin, Certs and Wans; or Sun Tzu VS Bikinis
I pre-ordered Sin Episode 1: Emergence on the weekend. It was cheap (AU$23 or so) and included a Steam version of the original Sin. This is partly my fault, I was hoping for a steamy version of...
View ArticlePeople living in glass houses and NSW shouldn't throw stones
On today’s business list for the NSW Legislative Council the first entry is the NSW Attorney General, Mr Hatzistergos, moving to amend the Crimes Act and related acts with respect to throwing rocks at...
View ArticleTBBle Scarry’s Busy, Busy Weekend
Often my weekends start out with grandiose plans of what I might try and get done. This weekend (and the preceding evenings I guess) saw me produce a Wine patch I was only playing with out of interest...
View ArticleA week in Magic Kindergarten
Dear Princess Celestia, CC: Anyone else reading my blog. So I’m a week into my course now, more than one seventh of the way to magic Vietnamese fluency. Or something like that. Between work, classes,...
View ArticleCommunism: Inconceivable!
Vietnam is a land which challenges many of the assumptions I grew up building, e.g., water is drinkable and precious; showers come in cubicles; everyone pays the same price for things; a “sunny” day...
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