So I’ve transitioned across to Windows Live Writer to write blog posts (I know, it felt wrong, too) but I must admit: this is a really solid product. In fact the only thing that frustrated me was being forced to use American English in the spellchecker. A quick hunt with Google revealed a bunch of [...]
One of the most disappointing things in watching the Australian federal election campaign (and indeed the past two Australian federal elections) has been the almost complete disappearance of altruism from the platform of either party. Everything seems to be phrased in terms of what the individual can expect to get out of it. There’s little [...]
One of the things work often does to keep students occupied while they wait is to put on a video for them to watch. Lately it’s been the 2005 DreamWorks Animation film Madagascar. I happened to be walking past the TV at one point, just in time for this scene to catch my eye. Usually [...]
Well I’m back in Australia again. This is the second time in as many months and both times it was thanks to the course that’s been the bane of my existence since July. Well, OK, maybe ‘bane of my existence’ is a little strong. Let’s just say I’m really going to be glad when this [...]
So I was thinking about advertising on social networks yesterday. As one does. Obviously there’s a lot of interest in this space at the moment, what with the astronomical figures that are thrown around whenever a Facebook buyout comes up in conversation. Most of these figures are connected to the ridiculously huge number of ‘eyeballs’ [...]
It’s come to my attention via the people over at Box Office Mojo that Ratatouille hasn’t cleaned up at theatres quite like Finding Nemo, Monsters, Inc. or even Cars (although the film is still playing in theatres so I suppose there’s the chance that number could increase). What is wrong with you people? I really [...]
The Talk Show with John Gruber and Dan Benjamin is a weekly(ish) podcast that typically revolves around Apple but that is, at least ostensibly, about whatever the two hosts want to talk about that week. Benjamin may be familiar from his site Hivelogic or his work on Cork’d, A List Apart, and with the Ruby [...]
Where did September go? Some of it I spent in Australia as part of this Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice I’m doing by correspondence. The rest of it I spent either preparing for that trip or recovering. I’ve got some posts I want to write up so hopefully I can get around to that before [...]