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I guess good luck is all you can say now. Anyone attempting to sail solo around the world needs their fair share of luck, it will make a good story whichever way it turns out. Not sure I’d be doing cartwheels if my children decided to emulate the idea at 16.
Jessica Watson | Solo [...]
So it begins. Its all about security of course. Just like the millions of cctv cameras and ongoing growth in state security apparatus which was all about terrorism and security. According to Kaspersky
“The internet was designed not for public use, but for American scientists and the US military. Then it was introduced to the [...]
Have you ever wondered what’s behind Twitter or Facebook? The people at TechCrunch have put together some data on the companies as well as some comparative analysis.
As Facebook Nears 100M U.S. Visitors, Twitter Falls Further Behind In The Rear-View Mirror.
But looking into the crystal ball for Facebook, what are we to make of “Facebook [...]
A long way from poetry…
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The Goanna had a crack at Mark Scott’s poetry which I thought is a trifle unfair. Unfair to poetry that is. Does the goanna, a metaphorical name complete with illusions of tough sun-leathered skin and reptilian cunning, secretly harbour some poetic sympathies? Could it be envy that speaks when the goanna observes -
Poetry, of course, [...]
Margaret is over-hyping the ABC’s role in innovation and experimentation with the web, a role the ABC claims but cannot truly deliver for the simple reason that the ABC must always strike a balance in favour of protecting its existing audience. Playschool still runs at 3pm, the evening news still comes on the TV @ [...]
Mark Scott delivered a blunt assessment on the future landscape for traditional media in his A.N. Smith Memorial lecture at Melbourne University. He acknowledged that all the rules have changed and those media players that survive will be the ones that accept and embrace the challenges posed by the new circumstances.
In a speech that portrayed [...]
Prominent in the National Times this morning is another opinion piece by Professor Leslie Kemeny, a member of the International Nuclear Energy Academy.
Professor Kemeny’s opinion is so valuable that there are two of his articles appearing in the Times this morning.
Obviously Fairfax believes two nukes are better than one, an opinion backed up by [...]
Maybe Simon has something here. I have seen good bloggers become obsessed with tweeting because its all about the speed and the network. A tweet begets another tweet and somehow all the tweeting reveals to everyone some hitherto unspoken wisdom. Its the wisdom of the crowd…uh oh that’s not right. Its many different views on [...]
For the smokers, I know they’re a dying breed but this is crazy! Okay it was taken in the sixties…
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30 Dumb Inventions – Photo Gallery, 30 Pictures – LIFE.
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