Author Archives: Michael Wyres

Idea: Show Current Affairs on Current Affairs Shows

It really irks me that the two leading current affairs programs in Australia – Nine’s A Current Affair (ACA), and Seven’s Today Tonight (TT) – never seem to actually show any actual current affairs stories. They generally show what often don’t seem like much more than paid advertorials. Incidentally, these two programs finished fifth and [...]

Optus Rewards Website Sexist Much?

I got a whiff of a really bad piece of work from Optus on Twitter this morning, in regards to the registration page for their Optus Rewards website (click image for larger view): Really? “Please select a title and the title should match with the gender.” So a woman can’t be a doctor, according to [...]

Yes, The Solar Panels Work

We’ve just received our first power bill since the installation of our solar panels. I think they are working. It’s better than half of the same quarter last year, and not covering a full quarterly period. Looking forward to the next power bill!

2011: Posts Of The Year

I certainly hope my readers have had a safe and happy holiday period. Today, I have decided to take a quick look at back at my popular posts from 2011, with the most read articles for each month, and a little discussion of each. If 2012 throws up some similar results, it will be another [...]

Facebook Ads: Does Anyone Check Them?

Like most people, I’ve always felt that many of the adverts alongside profiles in Facebook are undoubtedly dodgy. Take these couple of “iPhone” ads I’ve noticed this week: The first one boldly proclaims an “iPhone 4S” for only $8.45? Even if the price was correct – (lets be honest, it sounds like crap to me) [...]

Browser Update 2011

With just a few days left in 2011, I’ve taken a moment to have a look at the web statistics for this site, with a view to having a look at how the ongoing browser wars are travelling. In March, I had a look at how things had been over the previous six months, and [...]

Experimental Aircraft at Tullamarine?

Either Malaysia Airlines have introduced a new experimental wingless passenger aircraft, or Nearmap have one of those really humourous photo stitching hiccups going on at Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport. Torpedo Airlines anyone?

Why Legislated Internet Filtering is Utterly Pointless

The powers that be, in their infinite wisdom, believe that the way to stop people from viewing and distributing the so-called “worst of the worst” or copyright protected material online is to legislate various forms of filtering mechanisms. In Australia, we have Stephen Conroy’s mandatory internet filtering scheme. In the US, there is the proposed [...]