This topic gets kicked around in blogs from time to time. The usual formula is to select a world spiritual leader, world leader, celebrity, babe/hunk and novelty guest. Here is my list: 1) Allan Border. Arguably Australia’s greatest cricketer of the modern era, AB was my teenage sporting idol. He maintained a world-class batting average [...]
Online translation error
I would never rely on an automated online translation service to communicate with someone who speaks a foreign language. I might use it for a short sentence, or with apologies in advance, but never in a formal sense. The Israeli journalists who questioned the Dutch Foreign Minister using a web translator must be extremely embarrassed. [...]
Newspaper novels: The truth will make you fret
There aren’t many novels about newspapers. Stories involving print journalists are far fewer than those about lawyers, soldiers and police for example. That’s a little surprising when you consider that journalists are writers. But when you think about it, we are craftsmen while novelists are artists. We ply a trade while they follow their creative [...]
Christmas parties
Does anyone share my view that Christmas parties are overdone? I'm finding it a strain just keeping track of invitations let alone responding to them all and attending a reasonable number. I'm grateful that people think to invite me, but in a town the size of Kalgoorlie it's a similar guest list at most of [...]
Zoho virtual office
I’m typing this in ZohoWriter, a web-based word processor. It’s similar to Writely, but offers a complete suite with online equivalents of desktop programs for spreadhseets and presentations. Funnily enough, I’m writing this on the day that Google formally integrated its online spreadsheet application with Writely to create Google Docs. I like the look and [...]
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