June 19th 2009
What an inflammatory title for a blog post, eh?
I bet that half of you have clicked on this post expecting a rant on how the “txt generation” is mauling the English language and that linguistical purity should be enforced at gunpoint like so many Nazi incursions into foreign lands in times past?
The other half of [...]
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June 16th 2009
As those of you coming down off a 3-week long crack binge can attest, there is a big difference between reality and fiction.
And not just for us crackheads – you might be surprised that this phenomenon effects regular, ordinary people as well. TV and movies have led us all to believe that our number (as [...]
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June 11th 2009
Microsoft’s touchscreen PC technology, Surface, promises to be the be all and end all of next-gen computing.
Summoning geek fantasies of Minority Report – like functionality, IT buffs the world over were dreaming of the day that they could turn their dining room table or (more likely, since no self respecting geek actually has a dining [...]
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June 3rd 2009
If you live in Australia and have any interest in local sports, you probably follow one of the two major football codes – Rugby League or Aussie Rules.
For our overseas friends just joining us, Aussie Rules is basically like Netball, except played with weedy guys in tight hotpants who kick the ball instead of throw [...]
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May 22nd 2009
The Global Financial Crisis, or GFC, is much like KFC without the “K” – It doesn’t originate from a specific location, and it doesn’t have a particularly good mascot.
Up until now, the solutions posed by this blog have been small, token, not relevant on a global scale. It is much like walking into a KFC [...]
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May 20th 2009
I have everything in the world, Keith mused, except the one thing I want.
The waves paw at the grey sand like some ravenous beast, slowly consuming the beach as it approaches his bare feet. Eyes fixed on the grey horizon, Keith does not notice this until the spray starts to chill his toes.
He is barefoot, [...]
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May 8th 2009
I was standing in line like a prole this morning waiting for my morning coffee, and, being the socially aware, proactive citizen that I am, my mind naturally drifted to further ways I could flag the ailing economy, and continue my series of blog posts for yet another interminable entry.
Just then, some middle aged businessman [...]
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May 7th 2009
Yesterday, we suggested a way we could stimulate the economy by legalising burnouts in our suburbs. While this would be a good start, we feel that we can add more value by incorporating some vertical integration up in this bitch*.
Since the majority of burnouts are done within the car parks of fast food chains, there [...]
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