Blog
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Silent Running
Got my bike serviced yesterday ( Mend-A-Bike in Fulham, very good) and oh what a joy it is now. All I hear is the wind whistling through my ears, which makes a change from the grind-crunch it's been m…
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Peter Garrett sell-out watch episode 1
Peter Garrett has already sold out on one of his main principles. He now doesn't want to see Pine Gap shut down, which puts him in line with ALP policy but puts him a long way from his own Nuclear Dis…
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Peter, what are you thinking?
Peter Garrett, WTF are you thinking? I can just see the thought process here: "I'll change them from within". Poor, deluded fool! The ALP is a single-minded organisation. They have one aim: to get int…
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Predator has left the building...
My good friend and partner in activist geekery, <predator>, died over the weekend. He had been battling it out with cancer for some months. The world, and Sydney's activist community in particular, ha…
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Glastonbury tickets!
Our Glastonbury tickets just arrived. Wahoo! So getting up at 5am in Sydney to buy the tickets was worth the effort.
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Bush invokes Godwin's Law
Well it looks like Bush has invoked Godwin's Law in the debate on the fight about terror. Application of Godwin's Law means that he has, of course, lost the argument.
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Moved house...
We've moved into our new pad in Barons Court. Very nice place! Lots of sunlight in the lounge room and both rooms are very big. Now waiting on Ikea and their crap delivery service so we can get the re…
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Stock options are worth something?
Wow, apparently my work's stock is worth something, which means my stock options are actually worth something. Well, there's a first time for everything! Must be time to buy into Bubble Goo again.
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Ljubljana again
Well I'm in Ljubljana again for work. It's been a bit less stressful than last time, and we're making progress on the work. Tonight I caught up with one of the girls I met with my colleage Jen last ti…
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Orbital to break up
According to their web site, Orbital are breaking up after the next album. Fortunately, their last UK gig is at Glastonbury for which I have tickets...
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Photos from our trip
Photos from our trip to Sydney are now online. Loads of photos of friends and places. When we move into our new place and I get all set up, I'll scan in the photo of us on top of the Sydney Harbour Br…
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More spam Dada poetry
This one made the mistake of mentioning the word "Viagra", which means a quick trip to the junk bin. However, the attempt to get around the Bayesian filters is amusing. urban centres with stable and p…
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Spammers discover Dada poetry
My good friend, Furlough S. Megabytes, just sent me a wonderfully bizarre poetry with Subject: chlorates aweless bescrape chamois. This was quickly followed by my old mate Grudging T. Creamiest with S…
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Psychisation
Psychisation n - the sudden realisation that the person with whom you are conversing is a bunny-boiling psycho.
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Reclaim the Beach tomorrow
There's another Reclaim the Beach in London tomorrow night. Should be damn fun! Supposedly, the site hasn't been updated. We went to the last one and had a great time. Just take a loo with you and dri…
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Have we gone native?
In case you missed it, the UK temperature record was broken yesterday with temperatures reaching 38.1° Celsius in Gravesend, East of London. Holly and I really felt the heat. Back in Oz, we wouldn't b…
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Marriage is a sacred institution
Along the same theme as John Winston Howard's recent idiotic comments about marriage, the Village Voice has a hilarious comic.
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Reclaim the Beach
Last night we went to Reclaim the Beach, a party on the Thames. Perfect Summer Solstice weather and loads of people milling around and dancing to old-school funk tunes. Good fun! Only downer was the l…
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Badger Rampage
And they say Australia has dangerous animals. Watch out for the badgers. Sounds like a bad horror flick! Mr Weaver said there was no need for people to start fearing an onslaught of badger attacks. Oh…
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Hail storm
Ahhh, just like home only cold. Just had a big storm with hail! Check the pics.