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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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Monday, June 16th, 2008
It’s Irish joke time…
Two Irishmen walk into a pet shop in Dingle, they walk over to the bird section and Gerry says to Paddy, ‘Dat’s dem.’
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Saturday, May 31st, 2008
The law regarding child pornography
This quick overview applies primarily to Victoria, but seems to be in harmony with Commonwealth law. The law provides for 4 offences: procuring, making, possessing or publishing child pornography.
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
Combined Heat and Power
I’ve been thinking about Combined Heat and Power (CHP) as a solution to the energy crisis.
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
The clash of the Vaxen
Hopefully some of you know what Vaxen are (or were). This link is to an account of an entertaining clash of computer cultures, over 20 years ago. I enjoyed it. I assure you, the culture is alive and well today.
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Once a carpenter…
Another great Web comic. http://www.farleftside.com/2008/5-16-08.html
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Alternative medicine is superior if you value attention over efficacy
I’ve been thinking about alternative medicine. A broad general review would likely find that alternative medicine is clearly superior to Western medicine in two specific areas: (1) its practitioners are more attentive and spend more time with their patients and (2) although Western medicine does rely to some extent on the placebo effect, alternative medicine […]
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Sunday, April 27th, 2008
Coenzyme Q10
A friend bought some blood pressure monitors for a kidney association, and they came with ‘free’ bottles of Blackmores CoQ10. According to the label CoQ10 is ‘Coenzyme Q10 . . . a nutrient that occurs naturally in every cell in the body, where it is involved with the production of cellular energy. High concentrations are […]