Monthly Archives: October 2009

Halloweenies…

Posted on October 31, 2009 by Steve

For many years now, we’ve always made ourselves slightly prepared for Halloween, not that keeping some chocolate in the fridge is hard for us or anything… but we’ve kept it in mind. And every year previously, we’ve just eaten it … Continue reading →

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links for 2009-10-26

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Steve

Turn a Netbook Into a Net Jukebox – Wired How-To Wiki Some tips for home music centre setups. Some useful stuff on streaming music and Airtunes setups. (tags: music computer) Living on $500,000 a Year | The American Scholar Intteresting … Continue reading →

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Asylum seekers: Why should I be afraid exactly?

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Steve

It’s “fear the asylum seekers” time, as the screwy situations in the world lead to an influx of displaced people, and half of Australia rears its ugly and paranoid head again in fear of the other. The government is behaving … Continue reading →

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links for 2009-10-21

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Steve

Iconic Photos Quality blog collecting daily famous photojournalism images. Good one this, have subscribed to it in RSS. (tags: photography history blog images)

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links for 2009-10-18

Posted on October 18, 2009 by Steve

BBC NEWS | Health | The robot guiding Tom's writing New research on children's dyspraxia, and the results being obtained. Important, and something that may help Will further down the track. (tags: health william news future)

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links for 2009-10-17

Posted on October 17, 2009 by Steve

10 Days that Unexpectedly Changed America – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Great list of US historical events, a really good jumping off point for some historical reading. (tags: history writing list)

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links for 2009-10-15

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Steve

Essay – The Collider, the Particle and a Theory About Fate – NYTimes.com Crazy yet serious scientific theory about the Hadron Collider and a real theory stating that it might be sabotaging itself in the future to stop itself from … Continue reading →

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links for 2009-10-13

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Steve

Cheezburger CEO Ben Huh Takes Over Web With Blog Network – Advertising Age – Digital Interesting business piece on the ihascheezburger craze and the success it's built in an online blog network. (tags: blog advertising writing business entrepreneurship) DeFiore and … Continue reading →

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Here’s what we should do Rupert

Posted on October 11, 2009 by Steve

In response to this recent news: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/09/2710281.htm Murdoch warns Google: it’s time to pay What we all really need to do is stop linking to News Ltd sites. Stop blogging about them, stop submitting to Digg, Stumbleupon, linking on Facebook, … Continue reading →

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Now this is the Playboy cover I never expected

Posted on October 10, 2009 by Steve

Now I mean, obviously it’s a bit of PR both for Playboy and The Simpsons… but damn, it’s an amusing piece And the question is,will it turn you on at all? Apparently there’s three more pages of pictures inside, so … Continue reading →

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