Monthly Archives: May 2008

petrol addicts, go cold turkey!

May 31, 2008 – 1:46 pm

Does anyone else find the recent debate over petrol tax just a little bit pathetic? 4 cents, 5 cents, myopic politicians taking cheap shots, pretending they can do anything about fuel prices. It’s all such a load of crap. Firstly, I’m no economist, but as I understand it, the price is high because of the [...]

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Apple’s iTunes rip-off

May 28, 2008 – 9:14 pm

I remember waiting with huge anticipation for Apple to launch iTunes in Australia – the rumours got thicker and faster until it finally arrived. The store finally launched with tracks selling at $1.69 each. At the time, as I recall, the aussie dollar was about $us0.65ยข so we were effectively paying about $us1.10 while the [...]

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A week in touch

May 17, 2008 – 2:14 pm

I’ve had the pleasure of using an iPod Touch for the last week. As much as I like my music, I’ve never really felt the need to upgrade from my old ‘gumstick’ 1Gb shuffle, but we’ve got one at work with the intention mainly of testing podcasts and public facing services. Yes, the multi touch [...]

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resilient

May 7, 2008 – 8:35 pm

News reports tonight are describing the people of Burma as ‘resilient‘. Certainly they are resilient. When we visited, we saw these people living in pretty ordinary circumstances – poverty, lack of basic services, poor to non-existent infrastucture, all against a constant undercurrent of oppression. Despite their obvious hardships, they were friendly and open, with a [...]

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the old sou’wester

May 6, 2008 – 9:29 pm

Am I imagining things? Perhaps there’s someone out there that can help me with this. As a kid, (many years ago!) I remember all the bad weather came from the south west. Cold, rainy days, cold fronts, storms – you name it, they all came out of the south west… as I remember, anyway. These [...]

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