Category Archives: Personal Thoughts

Jason Richards: Always A Winner

The passing of Jason Richards on Thursday evening leaves a huge hole in the hearts of Australian racing fans. Everybody loved Jason. Always happy, always smiling. He might only have won a single race in his V8 Supercar career – (at Winton in 2006) – but we loved him because he was always having a [...]

F-Bombgate: Media Cares, Most People Do Not

The media circus arising from the Stephen Conroy F-Bomb continues today. The media seem to care a hell of a lot about it. Problem is, according to a Fairfax online poll, it seems most people do not. Next Meerkat Manor, But first Communications Minister Drops F-bomb As of 2pm AEDST, December 14, 2011 – the [...]

That Political F-Bomb

Stephen Conroy dropped the “f-bomb” at the National Press Club (NPC) today. So what? As much as I detest some of the policies Conroy holds dear to his heart – most notably his mandatory internet filtering plan – it is actually interesting that much of the media has gone on the attack because he showed [...]

It’s Not It’s!

Another one from my recent work at a major Melbourne hospital network – it’s the engineering department badge I had to wear every day – (with the hospital name removed to protect the guilty): It’s funny how people just don’t know the difference between “it’s” and “its”. You might need to click on the photo [...]

Should File Sharing Be Legalised?

The ongoing battle between AFACT and the Australian ISP iiNet through the so-called iiTrial has become a very public face of the file-sharing debate, particularly in Australia. Is file-sharing “good”, or is it “bad”? A very black and white question the answer to which, is generally quite grey. I read with interest an article brought [...]

Epic Dragon Sculpture

I spotted this awesome sculpture in North Laverton on the way to work this morning – (avoiding a heavily congested Princes Freeway) – made out of scrap metal, and used to advertise a scrap metal merchant. If memory serves – (and it often doesn’t) – I do think I have seen these before, but had [...]

Victorian Coalition Government Still Supporting NBN

Despite the fervent opposition to the National Broadband Network (NBN) from the Federal Coalition, in recent weeks the Victorian Coalition Government has repeatedly voiced support for the project. At a recent announcement of an $85m plan to promote ICT within Victoria, Minister for Technology Gordon Rich-Phillips stated that the plan sought to “advocate the expedient [...]

The Scarecrow in Rehab

If you were going to build a scarecrow in the garden of a hospital rehabilitation ward – how would you do it? In a wheelchair of course! Perfectly logical.