Monthly Archives: June 2011

The importance of Twitter

How important is Twitter to you? How big a part of your day? Techcrunch had this mildly interesting story today, about how Twitter has apparently supplanted Facebook as a key component in the forthcoming iOS5. Yeah, whatever. But it reminded me … Continue reading

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Dear BBC, Doctor Who called and he wants his Tardis back

Well, here we are, another season cliff-hanger, and my major responses are: meh wtf? Did this whole storyline just jump the shark? Maybe that’s too harsh, but it always worries me when an episode throws in all the old villains … Continue reading

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“I’m a climate scientist” rap

Well, I’m not a climate scientist (although I do have a University Science degree). But I was highly amused by this video from the ABC’s Hungry Beast program. Even though I usually can’t stand rap, the subject matter makes this … Continue reading

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On the colour of cars

I may be imagining this, but I think I detect a trend towards dark gray as the current popular colour for cars. I’m seeing them everywhere, including … and this was shocking … a Ferrari. (Ferraris should be RED. Anything … Continue reading

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RIP Possum

That was weird. And/or totally unexpected. And unpleasant. I just went outside — as I do, occasionally — and found a dead possum in our pond. I’m guessing it must have died of old age and fallen in, since the … Continue reading

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Moral Courage

We seem beset on all sides by confusion and dissension, not least in the political realm. It’s as if we’ve lost any sense of how to act, as if we’ve lost our way and forgotten what it is we stand … Continue reading

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