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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…
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Gun control saves lives
Howard has talked about my post on gun laws, and talks about the laws and their effect in the UK. There's been a massive increase in gun crime in the UK in recent years, fuelled partly by smuggling fr…
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The Chaser recording
We went to see the recording of this week's Chaser. Now it's time for me to ruin all the jokes for you. Just kidding. Was quite fun, though they kept us waiting around in the lobby for an hour, which…
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Gun laws are good
Back when the Port Arthur Massacre had just happened and the debate raged over gun control, it was common to hear about Texans saying things like "never woulda happened in Texas". They'd say this beca…
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Geek-only on Planet Linux Australia
Hmmm, looks like whoever runs Planet Linux Australia decided to only grab my geek category after my What's appropriate on the Planets? post. That kinda misses the point, but it's their decision really…
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Need a new bike
Just got a call from David at Cheeky who's been working on my bike. The spokes on both wheels were very loose, and the wheels were pretty badly out. The first spoke he touched broke off at the nipple,…
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What are they smoking at Channel Ten?
Was just watching a Simpsons episode from earlier in the week and caught a promo Channel Ten ran for Lost in Translation. The promo started with "One of the funniest movies in recent years". WTF? It's…