Posted in science & technology, ethics & justice on Apr 15th, 2010 No Comments »
“The world’s biggest technology companies are failing to stamp out child labour and abusive working conditions in their Chinese factories despite repeated accounts of human rights violations. Recent reports reveal our insatiable lust for the latest gadgets is having a shocking impact on workers in countries such as China, who are being made to work […]
Posted in science & technology, books on Oct 7th, 2009 1 Comment »
This or this could be this year’s Christmas present to me. Oh yeah.
Posted in the weather, science & technology, food on Sep 7th, 2009 No Comments »
In what must be a record of sorts, I have spent the past two evenings attempting to put together a modular wine rack. Being fluent in IKEA and handy with an allen key, how hard could it be? How hard indeed. Yes, I followed the instructions, but in my defence they weren’t very clear and […]
Posted in science & technology on Aug 19th, 2009 5 Comments »
Tonight I went to Officeworks and bought a Garvin Nuvi GPS that was on sale, and apparently quite popular because the display model was the only one left in the store. Tom and I had one in LA to navigate the freeways, and it was quite fun to use, especially when we would miss an […]
Posted in science & technology, the arts on Mar 26th, 2009 3 Comments »
Finished reading ‘The Spiritual lives of great composers” by Patrick Kavanagh. At the end of each chapter is a list of recommended listening, so now I am going to work my way through the music. Playing now is Charles Ives - an American composer I’ve not heard of before.
On a related matter, I am thinking […]
Posted in science & technology on Jul 27th, 2008 4 Comments »
Have just deactivated my Facebook account. More than a little annoyed that you can only “deactivate” your account and not delete it entirely. That sucks. And to top it off, you must select a reason for leaving from a pre-set list, but when you do, FaceBook suggests ways to modify your account in the hopes […]
Posted in science & technology, quotes, work & study on Apr 29th, 2008 4 Comments »
“First we thought the PC was a calculator. Then we found out how to turn numbers into letters with ASCII - and we thought it was a typewriter. Then we discovered graphics, and we thought it was a television. With the World Wide Web, we’ve realized it’s a brochure.
- Douglas Adams
After all the hard work […]