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A lifetime of crippling debt
Holly and I have decided to enter into a lifetime of debt. That's right, we're planning to enter the Sydney housing market. Eek! Scary shit eh? Now we, too, can bore everyone by talking about real est…
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Private health insurance is a joke
I've just signed up for private health insurance. The system has changed so remarkably in Australia that you're effectively forced to sign up to one. If I didn't I'd end up paying an extra 1% income t…
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Anti-phone spam list opens
The Australian Do Not Call register has finally opened so you can register to not have phone spam. Of course our government in their infinite wisdom has exempted charities, organizations peddling supe…
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Why nukes? Making sense of the political equation
I've been thinking about this great push to nuclear power in Australia, and wondering why it's happening. Modern politicians don't push hard on something like this without a reason. They'll either thi…
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Shiny new bike
Note: one year on, I've blogged about my experiences with this bike. I just picked up my shiny new bike. It's a Giant CRX City Pro which features Shimano Nexus internal eight speed hub, carbon fibre f…
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Radioactive Garrett
Well to match the radioactive rodent I've made a radioactive former human being with a conscience. That's right, Peter Garrett fresh from his sell-out tour of the Labor conference.
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Radioactive Howard
Davyd has made a few very cool graphics related to Howard's plans to build nuke power plants in Australia. Mind you, we might need a Peter Garrett one shortly too, given his recent sell-out. What a fu…
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Bulk egg poaching: success
Yesterday I asked about this bulk poaching method in McGee. No responses so I had to go with it anyway. Turns out I was cooking Eggs Benedict for eleven people. The bulk method worked beautifully, as…
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This interweb thingy is great
I need to buy a suit for a wedding I'm helping MC. I've got some cheap, nasty suits, including two I had made in Vietnam, that tend to come out for weddings, funerals and occasionally job interviews.…
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McGee's bulk egg poaching method
I'm cooking breakfast for our little food co-op tomorrow. Once a fortnight, we send someone out to Flemington to buy fruit and veg for the 11 households. This means we get a staggering quantity of stu…
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I'll vote Labor if...
It's almost ten years after the Bringing Them Home report about the Stolen Generation. The report has been mostly ignored. I will preference Labor as number 2 on my ballot if they make a clear stateme…
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Howard Photoshop challenge: my cracks at it
Nowhere near as good as the one anomalous did, but here they are.
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Howard Photoshop challenge
George Michaelson has thrown down the gauntlet for aspiring Photoshop/GIMP manglers with this photo taken from the Smage. Anomalous has already responded with this great Mad Max III one. We want more!
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The Conspiracy has now left the building
I'm very upset about this. My favourite radio station, The Global Pop Conspiracy has shut down. It was such a brilliant station, always playing new and interesting music. I discovered a few really gre…
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A solution to Sydney's water problems
If you're not in Sydney you probably don't know this, but it's been raining solidly for the last 36 hours or so. Of course none of this rain is going to reach the catchments of the dams that supply Sy…
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The Tourist Engineer is back
My OpenGuide site, The Tourist Engineer is finally working again. Thanks to Kake for prodding and fixing the database format. That made all the difference! The site is a tourist guide for geeks, looki…
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Happiness is a firm mattress
Holly and I ordered a new mattress for our bed last weekend. We've not been sleeping well for a month or two now, due to the crappy, saggy old mattress. The new one arrived on Saturday and it's amazin…
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Farmers: Spare change?
I couldn't help imagining my local bum's plaintive "spare change" request when I saw Ben Fargher (now there's an unfortunate surname), CEO of the National Farmer's Federation on the telly last night.…
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The Truth About Weapons of Mass Destruction
My mate Hanesy's film, The Truth About Weapons of Mass Destruction, after a long and tortuous birth, is about to hit the festival circuit. I haven't seen the final cut but the earlier cuts were great,…
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When prototypes attack
Here's a tip for newbies. When someone asks you to knock up a "quick prototype", be very very afraid. Your "quick prototype" could well end up as a production system. And guess who's gonna be supporti…