swine flu in adelaide

One of the “highlights” of Adelaide’s CBD are the bronze pigs on Rundle Mall (often the subject of late night, beer fuelled photos of people riding them). Some inspired person has seen fit to protect us (or them)…

steve keen on australian house prices

Anyone interested in housing affordability in Australia (as I currently am) could do worse than to read this fascinating piece by economist Steve Keen, who I have sadly only just discovered.

In short: housing is extremely expensive in…

i want one

The diametric opposite of a non-tactile iphone: the SparkFun Electronics “portable rotary phone“:

It’s actually a mobile phone – you just stick a sim card into it and you’re set.  It even supports international roaming and has 5…

more on the grapes of wrath

I came across this amazing photo of a dust storm hitting a town in Texas during the Dust Bowl, the cataclysmic climate event which caused a huge migration of people out of farming areas of the U.S. and Canada in…

why you shouldn’t use google chrome

You may have heard of Google Chrome, Google’s attempt to take on Internet Explorer and Firefox by releasing a stand alone web browser (no doubt part of Google’s secret plan to gradually take over the world).  As with…

netbooks

What the hell is a “netbook”? The New York Times tries to explain in plain English.

By the end of the year, consumers are likely to see laptops the size of thin paperback books that can run all day

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