Author Archives: Michael Wyres

Essendon Shrug Off Determined Tigers

ESSENDON 6.2 12.7 16.9 19.14 (128) RICHMOND 4.2 6.8 11.16 15.19 (109) GOALS Essendon: Ryder 4, Stanton 3, Monfries 3, Watson 2, Jetta 2, Davey 2, Crameri, Howlett, Lovett-Murray Richmond: Cotchin 3, Edwards 3, Grigg 2, Martin 2, Deledio, Jackson, Miller, Nahas, Riewoldt BEST Essendon: Watson, Stanton, Crameri, Ryder, Jetta, Bellchambers, Heppell, Zaharakis Richmond: Deledio, [...]

Does Australia Really Want The NBN?

I love local newspapers. In many many cases, they are lovingly created by people who just want the best for their communities, and want to make sure they are informed as to the issues in their local community. The issues that the big metropolitan newspapers don’t give a damn about; issues that are presented without [...]

State Government Padding Out Announcement?

Who would have thought a government might pad-out an announcement to provide more bang for the buck with the press release? Not you? Yeah, me neither. New Contract Moves Regional Rail Link Into High Gear Amongst the “features” of the new contract, we have: Major bridge modifications at Dynon Road, Moonee Ponds Creek, Lloyd Street [...]

Bombers Clip Eagles Wings

ESSENDON 1.6 5.10 12.14 16.17 (113) WEST COAST 1.3 3.5 3.7 7.10 (52) GOALS Essendon: Crameri 3, Davey 3, Jetta 2, Ryder 2, Stanton 2, Bellchambers, Dyson, Lovett-Murray, Melksham West Coast: Waters 2, Brennan, Darling, Hill, Kerr, McGinnity BEST Essendon: Stanton, Watson, Zaharakis, Hooker, Melksham, Crameri, Fletcher West Coast: Cox, Kerr, Gaff, Shuey, McGinnity INJURIES [...]

NBN: Me First! Me First!

Ever since the announcement of NBN’s highly anticipated three-year-rollout plan in March, there has been much jumping up and down from political leaders in various areas not listed within the three-year plan. Here’s another from Latrobe City councillor, Sharon Gibson, after Moe was left out: Councillor Battles for Moe Broadband “Cr Gibson will lobby her [...]

Mulder Has No Interest In Where The Buck Stops

Late on April 30th, I finally received a response from my March 8th complaint direct to the Victorian Minister for Public Transport, Terry Mulder, about the state of infrastructure at Newport station. I wrote about this complaint a few days later on the 14th, after failures at Newport on both days. I might add, his [...]

Bombers Home Over Brisbane By 11 Goals

ESSENDON 8.3 12.9 16.12 19.15 (129) BRISBANE 4.1 7.4 8.4 9.8 (62) GOALS Essendon: Crameri 4, Jetta 3, Davey 3, Lonergan 2, Monfries 2, Melksham, Dyson, Lovett-Murray, Dempsey, Watson Brisbane Lions: Brown 2, Polec 2, Crisp 2, Hudson, McGrath, Cornelius BEST Essendon: Stanton, Watson, Bellchambers, Lonergan, Heppell, Hocking, Fletcher Brisbane Lions: Rich, Brown, Redden, McGrath, [...]

Chrome ‘Weak Signature Algorithm’ Solved

For people who have – (or have automatically had) – their Google Chrome installation upgraded to version 18 or later, you may have noticed the following error message on some sites you are accessing over SSL/HTTPS: This has been mostly the case for people – (developers in particular) – accessing sites with self-signed certificates, like [...]