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Monthly Archives: October 2009
Sphere of Origin
In Australia, the annual State of Origin is a very big deal. Though it only deals with players from NSW and Queensland, it nevertheless divides the country into two camps out loud folks and probably does more to raise the … Continue reading
Posted in Sport-general, Thought Bubbles
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An easy prediction
I predict that, whenever a bold prediction is issued or the matter of prediction the future discussed, at least one person will deride such efforts and say that the future is, strictly, unpredictable.
Posted in Humour, Thought Bubbles
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Upsetting the natural order
A lot of progress (and sometimes, regress) in computer science and software engineering seems to come from rejecting, modifying or otherwise modifying the “natural order”. By natural order I refer to the generally accepted, industrial paradigm of how development “is … Continue reading
Posted in Geeky Musings, IT and Internet, Thought Bubbles
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What The Fashion
One of my main guilty pleasures in life is to watch Australia’s Next Top Model. I took up the habit because of the recaps in those august blogs of humorous record, Bland Canyon and Jo Jo Blogs. The former also … Continue reading
Posted in Beautiful Women, Rants
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The Daily Show on news media
It’s no secret that I don’t think very highly of journalists. Too many of them use lazy shortcuts dressed up as serious journalism. The most common is “two-soundbites-and-that’s-a-wrap” trick, where they just get two different people, who they’ve decided to label as rivals, to provide a soundbite each. Then they write it up and head [...] Continue reading
What a Curious Coincidence
Seen on Slashdot’s front page today:
Seems that for a crime to count, it first has to hit the high and mighty. Continue reading
At long last
International customers can buy Amazon Kindle ebook readers without jumping through tricksy hoops!
I am quite excited about this. I spend a lot on books shipped via Amazon. The Kindle means that I would spend less per book and eliminate shipping costs.
Edit: Though it looks like they’re only going to sell the plain Kindle, not the [...] Continue reading
Posted in Business, Cross Posted from Club Troppo, Media
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Decisions, decisions …
I am, at long last, within a cooee of actually having an undergraduate degree. The road to this point has been much longer than I expected back when I graduated from high school in 1999. The intervention of depression in … Continue reading
Posted in Diary, Geeky Musings
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A sort of bleg.
Not wishing to gum up the front page with a very personal post about the next stage of my life, I have instead posted it to my private blog. I’d be interested in getting Troppodillian feedback. Continue reading
Posted in Blegs, Cross Posted from Club Troppo, Life
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