Monthly Archives: November 2004

Whay are the spam merchants of the world suddenly obsessed with rolexes? In the beginning, spam was all about porn, then it became about cheap and/or illegal medication, but now a very high proportion of what I get (thankfully a … Continue reading →

Possibly the most cretinous people on earth are on Usenet. At my job, I spend all day putting together TV guides from station info (which probably sounds more interesting than it is, I assure you), and one of the things … Continue reading →

A thought: The most terifying, stupid, dullard, backward dangerous scumbags on earth are American. And the most intelligent, forward thinking, decent and noble people on earth are American as well. The USA in a nutshell.

Finally watched my first full episode of Joss Whedon’s late lamented (sort of) series, Firefly. It started airing in Australia last week, but I taped that one and still haven’t got around to watching it. And a good thing too, … Continue reading →

I’ve just signed up for www.last.fm today. Looks very promising. First time that I’ve really looked seriously at a good online radio service – never bothered before on dialup. This one is looking good. More when I’ve explored it a … Continue reading →

I really love what Neil Gaiman wrote today. It’s about his response to the US election, which of course must have hit him harder because he has to live there. The most important bit: “As a solution to various problems … Continue reading →

Can anyone in the western world believe that Bush actually won? With a bigger margin this time? With more “legitimacy”, if that will ever be possible? Has the world gone mad? Well, apart from this sneaking certainty that half of … Continue reading →

And there was some horse race in Australia today… that Melbourne Cup thing. But hey, at least we get half the afternoon off work In other news, I actually managed to pick the winner… Makybe Diva. Apparently I know a … Continue reading →

The US election is tomorrow (our time). It’s a curious thing really – to be so interested in the election of a foreign country’s leader. But it’s also a unique situation, because in a lot of ways, the winner of … Continue reading →