The papers in Melbourne this week are a buzzing with the departure of Victoria's highest paid public servant ( Read more... )

Apparently Wi-Fi is now a health risk. So sayeth the environment editor at The Independent ( Read more... )

Ugandans change names for artistic Danish pigs.

Local press reported that Uganda's immigration department had rejected passport applications for over 100 Hornsleths wanting to go to Denmark to view the exhibition.
http://english.aljazeera.net/ ( Read more... )

So what’s all this guff about the Melbourne Arts Center Concert Hall?

In wordless, overlapping waves, 270 singers combined to replicate the “whoosh” of the ocean as heard from the shore. It was a simple but stunningly effective overture to the Chorus’ ninth concert in Melbourne, and a fitting introduction to the show's maritime theme.

There’s ( Read more... )

There is no longer an Israeli Defense Force. They ceased to exist over 5 years ago.
There is a government sponsored Israeli Militia. They commit acts of terrorism daily.

( Cut due to violence against children )

I really should wear peril sensitive sunglasses near the supermarket magazine racks.

da Vinci code bombshell: the secret that killed Diana

there just aren't words ...

Mark Pesce has posted the second part of his article on BitTorrent and Hyperdistribution: The New Laws of Television.

For those of you who didn't see mordwen's earlier post (thanks BTW) on this, the first half is
HyperdistributionCompelling points ( Read more... )

The aide said that guys like me were ''in what we call the ( Read more... )

Those of you who slogged all the way through my last piece would have noticed the link to a weblog being written by a native Baghdad resident. Where is Raed presents a view of Iraq that is totally at odds with the commonly held perception of Iraq. I knew that despite Saddam's totalitarian rule, that Iraq (pre sanctions) was an extremely enlightened ( Read more... )