Archive for June, 2009

Words that Piss Me Off

Friday, 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 you that have clicked on this link probably feel the exact same way, since it’s likely only one person has actually read this post, and if the same person had differing viewpoints on the same subject then that would be kinda worrying.

Well, you are both wrong.

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When Reality and Fiction Collide

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

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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 a species) is up, and it is only a matter of time before we all bite the big one in one of several ways.

Unfortunately, you can’t believe everything you see on TV.
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The Hype doesn’t touch the Surface

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

touchMicrosoft’s touchscreen PC technology, Surface, promises to be the be all and end all of next-gen computing.

Summoning geek fantasies of Minority Report-esque 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 room table) their coffee table into a desktop PC.

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Football Players are not Heroes.

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

nrlIf 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 it, and Rugby League is like Rugby Union except with not as much violence and you are allowed to grab the other team’s balls (its called a squirrel grip, apparently).

Yeah, no wonder Sydney is the gay pride capital of the world.

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