This is one of those five-question blog prompts. I first saw it on Synaptoman. The starting assumption is that you are the absolute ruler of a prosperous, stable country without any immediate threats, no poverty or unemployment.
That means I can answer this question safe in the knowledge I don’t need to interfere with the economy [...]
A Kalgoorlie Miner columnist, Kitty Prodonovich, wrote today about “phone tone rage” (PTR).
It is quite amazing how the repetitive tones from an innocent little phone can incite so much anger and frustration, but they do. And it’s not just the phone rings; you can also have different sound for message alerts and other thing. One [...]
I filled out Juliet’s citizenship application form yesterday. Two of the questions stumped me, not for their difficulty, but their inclusion.
Have you ever committed any war crimes? Are you a terrorist? They’re not the exact words, but they may as well be.
I can just picture Osama Bin Laden sitting in his cave thinking he can [...]
Microsoft has released a useful add-on for Word called Redaction.
This is an editing tool to black out confidential information. I’m writing this in Kanotix, so I haven’t tried it yet, but I can perceive its merit.
It will be particularly handy for organisations answering Freedom of Information requests. As the blurb says:
Sensitive government documents, confidential legal [...]
Isn’t it funny how when someone retires the tributes start flowing, just as if they had died! Deputy Prime Minister John (Nobody) Anderson resigned for the second time today and just about everyone has heaped praise on him.
I believe in respect for the dead, but Anderson is still well and truly with us.
His enemies within [...]
Conviction by Richard North Patterson is a powerful and disturbing book about truth, justice and the American way.
It poses more questions than it answers, incisively exposing the flawed
legal system in the United States, where elected judges care more for
public opinion than justice.
It tells the story of a semi-retarded black man, Rennell Price, who is
convicted with [...]
During my spare day at Balranald I visited Mungo National Park. It’s 150km from the town along mostly dirt roads.
This is the official blurb from the National Parks brochure:
“Mungo National Park covers most of an ancient dry lake bed on the plains of south western NSW. During the ice ages, Lake Mungo was one of [...]
