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  • Too long

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    Mark at LP points out that it’s been exactly three long years since the Howard government was last elected.

  • Designer genomes: a chassis for building almost anything?

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    Grauniad: I am creating artificial life, declares US gene pioneer Craig Venter, the controversial DNA researcher involved in the race to decipher the human genetic code, has built a synthetic chromosome out of laboratory chemicals and is poised to announce… Read More ›

  • Feeling just a little bit delicate

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    This mob got me boozing yesterday morning, and the bubbly was so nice we kinda kept going for the rest of the day. Drowning our rugby sorrows, I guess. So, light posting from me today. Originally uploaded by tigitogs in… Read More ›

  • Weekend Wotcha

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    I love this photo. What’s everyone up to this weekend? Apart from the usual weekend family stuff, I’m meeting up with some friends for late arvo/early evening drinks on Saturday, and our street is having a champagne brunch gathering on… Read More ›

  • Friday Hoyden: Miriam Margolyes

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    “I am rather an opinionated person I suppose,” Nothing I could write could do justice to Margolyes the way this transcript from the interview she did on Enough Rope does, although the simple transcript doesn’t give you the sense of… Read More ›

  • Capacity, utilisation and peak demand

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    In our last big discussion at LP on problems in the public health system (regarding the Coalition plan to initiate a revamped hospital training program for new nurses) a lot of us pointed fingers at the bean counters as the… Read More ›

  • Ennervening the spouse

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    We test-drove small turbodiesel cars yesterday and today. Yesterday, the car we drove was an easy-driving car with decent performance. Today, we drove a car that took me back to my youth of hanging around with Rally Car Clubs, and… Read More ›

  • Always suspected it

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    Stephen Fry is a geek, and now he’s blogging. The first post is an (exhaustively) comprehensive review of the iPhone and its competitors, and his second post is on the nature of fame. They are long, which is why he… Read More ›

  • Anathema on lazy cafes

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    Ugly, ain’t they? When I am paying damn good money for something hot and wet, in a cafe which has 15 different ways that one can have one’s coffee, you better believe that I expect you to make up a… Read More ›

  • Urban Clown Posse, Avian Division

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    This morning, a pair of sulphur crested cockatoos decided that my neighbour’s citrus trees desperately needed pruning. They were chopping off branch-tips 30-40cm long, and throwing them into the air. Oranges and lemons were also snipped to plop noisily on… Read More ›