Ouch! My eyes watered reading this article, and definitely not from laughter. However, as sad as the story really is, I did have a wry smile at the dead husbands name. A WOMAN in Cambodia has given herself up to authorities after accidentally killing her husband in a scuffle in which she squeezed his testicles […]
Here we go again, thinking machines or, machines that are programmed to think like people. Which is it to be? I feel that it is arrogant of us to assume that if we actually can develop a machine that thinks, that it will think just like us. Nevertheless, research goes on; Forsythe’s team was originally […]
Whoa. A ThermoJet printer that produces 3-D wax models of car parts and body designs, servers that fall victim to viruses - on purpose, computers that can cope with problems, a new model power network that looks more like the Internet and an intelligent (?) dressing room. Too cool - read article here
This is very, very cool. Or am I just going stir crazy working on my thesis?? How come I come across this nifty cartoon creating site when I don’t have any time to play with it?? http://www.stripcreator.com/
This look as if it could be a spot of fun… The Iron Chef of Web Design event will occur live during the Seybold conference, giving attendees a first-hand look at what it really takes to make a great Web site, and fast! The competition will be a head-to-head format with each team competing against […]
About 30 minutes ago these two kangaroos plus a joey in the pouch, were calmly eating and resting at our back fence. And we try to tell visitors from overseas that we don’t have kangaroos hopping down the streets!!
Screens that are brighter, clearer and perhaps cheaper than LCD’s? Seems as if it could be possible shortly. DESPITE all the technical advances over the years, the screens on laptop computers, mobile phones and other handheld devices are still pale imitations of the world they seek to portray. Worse, most consume far too much power, […]
During my recent trip to Vietnam I was warned that pickpockets and thieves abound and that care needed to be taken with valuables when walking around the city. Evidentially, scooter mounted thieves can lift your bag as quick as look at you and take off into the middle distance before you have time to blink. […]
I just knew some good would come out of it! WHO cares if you go blind? An Australian study has found that frequent masturbation may protect men against prostate cancer in later life. The study indicated that men who ejaculated more than five times a week were a third less likely to develop prostate cancer. […]
Hmm… well… I can think of some better reasons why the Internet is shit, but could I be bothered vocalising them? Is this site simply taking the piss, or is it actually involved in a type of dubious reverse psychology? However, there are a few good points, but nothing that I haven’t considered myself or […]
This is my first attempt at posting to my blog via e-mail
For somebody like myself who has a fetish for viewing and photographing buildings, HCMC offers a smorgasbord of architectural delights ranging from the extremely modern to the very ancient and well preserved or the decrepit, new or old, as the case may be. I have had a play with the image below and I will […]
A very quick entry from the Internet cafe in the Rex Hotel - Ho Chi Minh City (because I’m not sure how much this is costing me. Actually, it is 1000 dong per minute which is about 10 cents Australian). Vietnam is spectacular. The people are friendly and the food is cheap and delicious. A […]
Sunday, I am off to Sydney for a few days and then off to Vietnam for a week. So my sporadic attempts at blogging will become even more so. I know I can access a computer in Sydney and likewise in Vietnam. But I am more interested in living the moment than in reflecting upon […]
As a student of philosophy and contemporary cultural theory I was impressed to come across this definition of culture from a lecture presented in 1977 by Daniel Bell. Similar words have been spoken many times in many different ways by many different persons, but this passage struck me as being very succinct. All the better […]
ISRAELI helicopters killed seven Palestinians - I’m sorry, I don’t mean to make light of this tragic event, nor am I taking sides on this issue, but this headline presents me with a mental image of a cartoon-like helicopter, cigar protruding from one side of its smiling mouth, tattooed muscle bound arms beating to death […]
What a wonderful idea, first you invite 80 or so RYLArians from many countries and many diverse religious and cultural backgrounds to Brisbane and house them in the Margate Convention Centre for 4 days. Then you blend counselors/facilitators, trainers, Rotarians, from all over the world into the mix. You ask the RYLArians to explore […]
The best event that I witnessed at the convention was the presentation of the charters by RI President Bhichai Rattakul to the new clubs of Dili, East Timor and Kabul, Afghanistan. What was very significant is that the charter President of the Rotary Club of Kabul is a woman by the name of Karima Farani. […]
