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Updates
29December2005
Am currently in England with Jenni and David and the cousins. Didn't get all the editing finished on my project […]
Casablanca
19December2005
All I can say is: the is the first 'classic' I've _ever_ seen that I've actually enjoyed. Entertaining, and well […]
Search Term Spam
17December2005
Time for some more bizarre and completely irrelevant search terms; these are just some of the ways people have found […]
Public Schooling, Religion, A Manifesto
17December2005
a few thoughts on public schooling… a lot to do with religion and state stuff 1. public schools SHOULD NOT […]
My Snow Coloured Dreams
15December2005
The year in France is coming to its end, and Reims is getting quiet. The five Aussies just had a […]
Australian Identity and Online Writing
11December2005
Warning: Essay follows; this is what happens when the brain dumps core A couple of events have recently got me […]
Dumping Core
11December2005
Ok, brain is full, desperately need to dump core to make space… Been doing lots of reading, thinking about all […]
Mysterious Packages Part II
11December2005
or, More Reasons to Worship the Internet Following-up my previous post, and with pictures… We tried the Stormhoek Shiraz at […]
What I Want From the Future
08December2005
This started life inside my head as a gadget wishlist, but it relates to a few other things. Anyway, for […]
Mysterious Packages
03December2005
Couple of days ago found a DHL sticker on my letterbox, saying they'd tried to deliver a package. Had absolutely […]
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
02December2005
Saw the new Potter movie last night. It's been a long time since I read the book (ie, not since […]
The Universal Library
02December2005
A follow-up of sorts to Turing's Cathedral from George Dyson. The Universal Library talks about some of the implications of […]
Updates/Weirdness
28November2005
Been experiencing some weirdness with the website over the last couple days, but it looks like it was only me […]
Matrix Reloaded & Revolutions
23November2005
Been a while since I've seen these, so over the last couple nights I watched the Matrix/es Reloaded and Revolutions […]
The Cyberpunk Educator
21November2005
Watched The Cyberpunk Educator, available for download. It's an exploration of 1980s cyberpunk film and isn't half bad. Watch out […]
White vs Beige, Round 3
21November2005
White makes unexpected 3rd Round comeback Apple played a little sneaky, showing its 'education discount' card - a saving of […]
The City
20November2005
Lost. Stumbling. The Silence of the City overwhelms me. Without Her sounds I am blind. I cannot feel Her rhythms, […]
Desktop Specs
15November2005
After making lists of suitable desktop Beasts, I've gone back and reduced to a set of minimum specs. For now […]
2006 Enrolment
15November2005
Just enrolled in next years classes… Was hard to make decisions as it's going to be my final year of […]
Site Updates
13November2005
Made a few changes to the site over the last couple days. Dumped the ?tribes box and moved the ?currently […]
Languages I Want To Learn
10November2005
This year in France (and travelling in Europe) has changed the way I think about language. I don't want to […]
White vs Beige, Round 2
09November2005
Been researching further. Started by going after the high-end systems, completely out of my reach financially, but worth getting an […]
Drop that double-u-double-u-double-u-dot
08November2005
Seriously, get rid of those www.'s. They're clumsy to say, and they're four extra keypresses I don't want to have […]
A History of Violence
07November2005
Though only 1h35, this film is too long. It's okay all told, a take on the former-gangster's American dream is […]
Elizabethtown
07November2005
This is up there as one of the most confused movies ever made, proving that the whole is never equal […]
Turing's Cathedral
29October2005
Interesting essay by George Dyson on the history of digital computing; the really interesting part comes in some speculation at […]
I don't HATE Microsoft
28October2005
I'm rather ambivalent towards Microsoft… Past experience has taught me not to use Windows until they prove otherwise. And I […]
QOTD: French and Saunders
28October2005
“Who's there?” “Madonna” “A Madonna, Mother of Our Lord?” “No, The Madonna, Mrs Guy Ritc […]
Procrastinating
28October2005
Finally finished my Project Proposal and sent it off… I don't think it makes a lot of sense, but because […]
Reclaiming the label Amateur
27October2005
Let's take back the name 'Amateur'. An amateur isn't supposed to be someone that doesn't know what they're doing, an […]
Desire (1936)
23October2005
Just watched Desire, a Marlene Dietrich and Gary Cooper black and white from 1936. Dietrich plays a European con-chick/jewel-thief; Gary […]
That's not a knife
22October2005
Excellent comments on the state of broadband in Australia over on Bleeding Edge. The Americans think they've got it bad […]
Site Updates
20October2005
Was hoping to change the ?bits feed to Atom1.0, but after writing it, discovered that Akregator, my feed reader, doesn't […]
Computer upgrade: White vs Beige
19October2005
It's coming time to get a new computer, and I'm hunting around, getting up-to-date on the latest releases and specs, […]
Some observations on 'Spam 2.0'
17October2005
As much as I dislike the term Web2.0 (but can't be bothered pulling it apart as plenty of people have […]
Bird Flu
15October2005
Bird Flu in ?bits=myth, 'cause that's right where it belongs for now… The media are doing their usual beat-up (here […]
Computing isn't meant to be Easy
15October2005
Starting to realise that computers shouldn't be easy… _All_ computers should have an admin - someone who knows how to […]
Site Updates
12October2005
At last, I've transferred to using the database to hold my longer essays (they were previously flat text files). You'll […]
Saved!
09October2005
Saw Saved!, quite a terrible movie really (at its heart just a love story, but with too much baggage), and […]
"How a faithful nation gets Jesus wrong"
09October2005
Interesting article over at Harpers.org about Christian identity in the States. Bill McKibben asks how the west's arguably most Christian […]