Archive for July, 2008

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Teaching about religion in schools

The question arises whether religion should be taught in school, whether it should be banned, or whether some middle position is preferred.

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Monday, July 28th, 2008

My cookie strategy

Assuming Firefox…the best strategy I can find is this: 1. Set all cookies to be allowed, but discarded at end of session. Tools | Options | Privacy | Accept cookies from sites | Keep until: I close Firefox. 2. Discard ALL your cookies. Tools | Options | Privacy | Show Cookies | Remove All Cookies […]

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Thursday, July 24th, 2008

Wonderful, wonderful petrol prices

Don’t you just love high petrol prices? The change in traffic patterns in my area is dramatic. The roads have unclogged; I can get where I want to go and not get stuck in endless traffic jams; there are noticeably less Toorak tanks on school duty. Wonderful! Also they’ve just opened Eastlink and they’re widening […]

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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

Happy Pi approximation day

To a mathematical Hurkle, that’s what 22/7 suggests. Enjoy!

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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

The Best Blonde Joke Ever…

A blonde, a brunette, and a redhead show up for the same job interview. They fill out their forms and wait to be called in. The brunette goes first. After discussing her qualifications, the interviewer decides to ask her last question:

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