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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)…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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free single from new dylan album
A track from Dylan’s new album Together Through Life, “Beyond Here Lies Nothin’”, is currently available from bobdylan.com.
You will be shocked to learn that I really like it. It has a nice bass groove, great, free roaming…
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war on terror semi-officially over
The War on Terror is over, says Secretary of State Hillary. Or, more accurately, the expression is “just not being used”.
It’s often tempting to think that politicians are all the same and that the Obama administration in…
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amazing photo of obama inauguration
This picture is incredible – I haven’t done the maths to work out if it’s actually the claimed “1474 megapixels”, but it’s a highly detailed panoramic photo of the Obama inauguration. You can zoom from the whole scene in close…
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Яolcats, a fusion of felines, 20th century russian history and hilarity
“Commissar Markov has long been a loyal party member, but I fear his growing influence in state policy. Perhaps it is time to cash in a favor from my friends at the Kremlin.”
More Яolcats here.…
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currently reading: the grapes of wrath
Rather ponderously paced, but an interesting insight into the drastic effect the corporatisation of farming had in the U.S. The theme of vast, anonymous commercial organisations arbitrarily destroying productive industries and lives certainly resonates in 2009.
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south australia continues to push the presumption of guilt
Following on from the recent bikie-gang violence at Sydney airport, there has been a chorus of praise for South Australia’s abhorrent anti-association laws (summarised here at Larvatus Prodeo, who rightly point out the idiocy of presuming guilt based on…
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album review – gomez – a new tide
A review of the new Gomez album, A New Tide by yours truly is up over at Rabbit Hole Urban Music.Executive summary: I like it, but I miss the Good Old Days™.
Right this way if you’d like to…
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listen to (and watch) new art brut
You may recall this rambling post about the new Art Brut album – if you have any interest, you can hear one of the new tracks here. They still have the signature Art Brut sound, although the production…
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collaborating in another holocaust
