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March 17, 2010

More than just

Even if you don’t believe that the iPad is come from on high to save us all, you have to admit its though provoking piece of kit. The Blog and twitterspheres are alive with speculation that it has come to smite the publishing industry in the same way that the iPod has music, the iPhone has the Telcos and the AppleTV has the failed to do to the TV and Film industry (but the iPad itself might). There is clearly potential here for something new to arise that is more than just books. The Kindle and Nook may have blazed a trail, but its the iPad …Read the Rest

God Geeks attack Atheists
October 21, 2009

God Geeks attack Atheists

oh good lord – so to speak Atheists in Australia are under cyber attack now, because thats the Christian thing to do. The websites of both the Atheist Foundation of Australia and the Global Atheist Convention were knocked offline in a major cyber attack yesterday afternoon. More to be read …Read the Rest

Nature Abhors a Vacuum
October 21, 2009

Nature Abhors a Vacuum

Strap yourself in kids, we’re geeking out. The possibility of a time travelling particle is currently doing the rounds of Geekendom. The Higgs Boson particle, theorised to exist for only a tiny micro-moment at the start of the universe is used to explain how the universe has as much mass …Read the Rest

Facial Bones Grown From Fat-Derived Stem Cells
October 18, 2009

Facial Bones Grown From Fat-Derived Stem Cells

This makes me feel much better. a/ I have plenty to work with b/ I have been accused of being two or off my – face many a time so this gives me high hopes of a medical solution just around the corner Tweet This Post

Publishing a Retraction
October 17, 2009

Publishing a Retraction

I feel the need to publish a retraction. I recently commented on what I believed to be Leona Lewis’ new album – “Best Kept Secret“, that it was dreadful and I completely understood the title because I felt it was indeed – best kept secret. Having purchased and listened to …Read the Rest

British Radio
October 17, 2009

British Radio

British Radio seems to have never escaped the war and rationing, or an aesthetic that has a charm and beauty all its own. This is of course from a man who was raised on the Goon Show by his father, a man with humour so dry it had sand dunes …Read the Rest

The Curmudgeonification of a Fallen Woman
October 11, 2009

The Curmudgeonification of a Fallen Woman

Am I getting old? Is that it? Or is that I read “too” much? Perhaps I am just a cranky person and these things get to me. Last night there were HUNDREDS of post on Facebook about Danii Minogue making a comment on X Factor (aka – one of those …Read the Rest

0.0000001%
September 23, 2009

0.0000001%

The chance of your house being destroyed by a tornado and then that tornado reassembling your house is 0.0000001%. So you need insurance. Tweet This Post

Gay Scientists Isolate Christian Gene
September 20, 2009

Gay Scientists Isolate Christian Gene

The shoe could be on the other foot. This is from Australia. Sometimes my country is flawless, usually when it comes to poking fun. This will explain a lot about me. Tweet This Post

Your creepy online facebook stalking behaviour can go too far
September 18, 2009

Your creepy online facebook stalking behaviour can go too far

You know who you are and what I mean. Take this as a lesson you sily people. “Let this be a lesson to all the broken-hearted geeks out there. A 38-year-old Ohio man is set to plead guilty to federal charges after spyware he meant to install on the computer …Read the Rest

Cupertino to replace Poland
September 16, 2009

Cupertino to replace Poland

Now the first thing I will say about this, is that I pretty much completely agree that the camera is the iPod lines current Achilles heel. Adding a camera to the Nano and not the Touch was just weird. Almost as weird as only putting a 3.2 megapixel camera in …Read the Rest

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