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Honda FCX Clarity | Hydrogen re-filling station

The hydrogen-electric Honda

The FCX Clarity is a pretty impressive piece of high-techory but why must we wait 10 years or so before such gizmos are generally available when clearly they could have been made before now. The almost inescapable answer is that complementary relationship between car makers and oil companies is determined to wring [...]

Out of the mist ...

Out of the mist …an image by suburbanbloke

Australia, like most countries in the world, nominates a particularly significant day to symbolise the modern nation state. The modern nation that is Oz has its origins as a penal colony founded by the British who decided that the country was simply [...]

ABC to launch 24-hour news channel

Nothing happens quickly at the ABC. Mark Scott’s announcement today has been a long time coming and probably has more to do with Australian federal election cycles than anything else.

2010 is an election year so the traditional media will beat themselves into the usual lather as willing participants in the politics of distraction while [...]

The Journey - Trees for Life

The Journey – Trees for Life

Twitter hiring workers to turn Tweets into money | Reuters

It seems that Twitter is looking to cash in on its users according to this unsurprising news story. Perhaps the collective twitter mind could be tapped for some inspired business ideas. Imagine a tweet from twitter…we love giving you this free service but someone has to pay, send us your ideas.

Twitter hiring workers to turn [...]

Oz firm seeks talented IT developer • The Register

oh dear…

Surely not…

Oz firm seeks talented IT developer • The Register.

No shadow can take your place...

A song by the wonderfully talented Tiffany Eckhardt tells me to shine today, something I’m sure Auntie Gertrude would agree with, my lack of illumination not withstanding, yet I am sorely troubled by two things that have surfaced on my screen in recent times.

The first one I want to share is a job ad. I [...]

The 3 Phases of Owning a Computer - The Oatmeal

Only three?

The 3 Phases of Owning a Computer – The Oatmeal.

2009 Photos of the Year – Photo Gallery, 50 Pictures – LIFE

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2009 Photos of the Year – Photo Gallery, 50 Pictures – LIFE.

Why Twitter Will Endure - NYTimes.com

Twitter has been on my mind a bit lately and David Carr’s piece reminded me of a draft post I have in the pile of unfinished stuff lying around. At first I thought the two lines of thought might cross over but Davi’d article takes a fairly familiar line so I guess my Twitter Confession [...]