Oh yes, I’m writing a blog article about the importance of note taking. That’s right, note taking.
Why? It’s a skill that I have been working hard on recently, and so at meetings I often find myself the only person who is doing it. This article is an attempt to evangelise note taking, a possibly [...]
I read that the ICANN has yet again had to fend off an attempt to set up a .xxx gTLD.
As a parent I am keenly interested in protecting my children’s actions online and often discuss with my SO how to manage their access when they start to reach the age when they spend more time [...]
Here are some pretty banal observations on the Hicks case that are probably best kept to myself, but I’ll inflict them upon you anyway.
Miranda Devine (yes, sorry) reckons that Hicks supporters thought he was innocent. Maybe some of them did. But the rest of us were just interested in the process of a fair trial. [...]
It’s probably a good thing that you don’t see what goes on behind the scenes at Casa Del Girtby. Instead of fully-formed posts (or what passes for such on this site) instead I have lately just been producing mostly unrelated snippets. They don’t deserve a post in their own right, but if I give each [...]
Some half-arsed pseudo-philosophical ramblings follow. It starts with some musings on transistors and eventually circles around to show some relevance to current events, specifically the climate change debate. But be warned, it will take a while.
We are now in the home stretch and will soon arrive at the end of the Bush administration. Not a moment too soon.
In the last 6 or so years we have seen just so much insanity out of the white house that it is hard to keep track of. The horrendous Patriot Act almost seems [...]
One of the persistent memes in the Australian media is the notion of childhood obesity caused by poor diet and no exercise. It’s one of those self-evident truths that nevertheless causes much handwringing and below-the-neck stock footage on the evening broadcast.
Recently there was a report released by Access Economics which estimated the cost of obesity [...]
Watching a recent ABC news report on Hiroshima Day ceremonies, I’m mildly irritated at the way that such an occasion can be co-opted. I guess it depends on what lessons you learn from the Hiroshima bombings.
Some say that Hiroshima should remind us all that civilian casualties are unacceptable in any conflict. And the relevance to the situation in Lebanon is all [...]
Global warming is a depressing problem. Not just because there are large numbers of clueless “skeptics” who refuse to even acknowledge the problem, but mostly because there doesn’t seem to be any sustainable solutions even on the horizon.
The more we delay action on global warming, the more desperate we become. Any solution, even a temporary [...]
I commend to you last Thursday’s episode of Late Night Live (mp3 here), wherein two Massachusetts intellectuals are interviewed (separately) about world affairs. The first guest was Eric Reeves, discussing the continuing violence in Darfur. The second guest was Noam Chomsky, who ranged across many topics. Both very thought provoking.
One of the issues raised for [...]
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