I’ve been writing here since July 2003 and there are several hundred entries. The archive list was getting too long so I’ve installed this dropdown menu instead: Select…
Crikey
The cutting-edge news web site Crikey is offering a two-week free trial, which I’ve taken up. I used to visit Crikey a lot when Stephen Mayne was writing. He had some excellent sources in the Victorian Liberal and Labor Parties. The site doesn’t have much free content these days, so I’m interested to try out [...]
Unusual events
I was just writing an email to a former colleague when it occurred to me that I should post some of it here as well … Kalgoorlie has some iconic attractions including brothels and two-up. Tomorrow’s front page features a dispute between a brothel madam and the local council over car parking! Last week we [...]
Free online word processors
I’m writing this in ThinkFree Online. It’s a free, web-based Java word processor. The look and feel is familiar. It’s just like writing in Microsoft Word or OpenOffice, except I’m typing in Firefox. It seems to be a fully featured word processor, with spell check and formatting options. Documents are saved in .doc format and [...]
Eating the national icon
We like to eat kangaroo meat once a month or so. Safeway in Wangaratta sells kangaroo kebabs, burgers, fillets and sausages. They’re great on the barbie. This week we tried a kangaroo roast for our Sunday meal. What strikes me about the meat is how sweet it tastes. It really is quite distinctive. Writing this [...]
