The Spoonman on MMM last night hosted a discussion of Conroy & Rudd’s internet censorship plans. You can download the podcast here. Here’s a transcript of the first part of the show, with EFA Chair Dale Clapperton. (errors are mine,… Read More ›
Year: 2008
Quick hit: Second Shift for the Sick
Amandaw has a superb post up at Three Rivers Blog: Second Shift for the Sick. She describes the energy and time requirements for someone who is sick or has a disability, in terms of what it takes to keep an… Read More ›
Thursday Cheezburger
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Belated Whoydensday Quickhit: Bill Bailey for 11?
Not really, that was just a throw-away quip in the comments to this comprehensive Den of Geek post about the various contenders who have been mentioned for the role (odds are given and everything). Mind you, I think Bailey could… Read More ›
Salma Hayek “still” breastfeeding – world can’t decide whether to jerk off or prosecute
This is a montage of images from hyperventilating stories about Salma Hayek “Still”! Breastfeeding! At! 13! Months! The world has burst into a babblefest of gossip about how bizarre this is. There has been an outpouring of shock and disdain,… Read More ›
Quiet, isn’t it?
Lots of stuff happening off blog – about to take child to get braces etc. What’s everybody else up to?
ObNerd: maze of twisty little backstreets
…all alike, that’s Clovelly a few blocks back from the beach. I took a wrong turn on the way to Tamarama, and as the clouds loured I felt increasingly likely to be eaten by a grue. In other Eastern Suburbs… Read More ›
Virtual Travelling: Sculpture By the Sea, Tamarama Beach
.flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } keep me grounded…, originally uploaded by ~ geisha ~. I only went once this year, and it was… Read More ›
Internet censorship in Senate Question Time today
Greens Senator Scott Ludlam writes: In the Senate question time at about 2:30PM Eastern Summer Time today I plan on asking Communications Minister Stephen Conroy about his project for mandatory internet censorship, the so-called ‘clean feed’ which you’ve written to… Read More ›
Unsurprised schadenfreude
Remember all that McCain campaign rhetoric about how Obama’s August 2007 statement on the need for sporadic pursuits of Al Qaeda into Pakistan without prior diplomatic notice showed that he was an irresponsible loon who should never be commander-in-chief? (and… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 