A long time ago, in a galaxy not so far away, I turned 22. Big whoop, right? Many of us have or are destined to turn 22, so it’s hardly special. That is, except for the day that my birthday fell on. Y’see, I turned 22 on the 22nd of the 2nd… and yes, even though I failed maths and generally
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If Hollywood is anything to go by, we in Australia are a bunch of lucky people. From nods in popular films and TV shows to our true-blue actors who seem to be headlining every other American-produced blockbuster, the rest of the world is certainly aware of our existence.
And yet, when it
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I was recently asked to offer my thoughts on the unmasking of the once-anonymous blogger known as Grog’s Gamut. My thoughts were requested on the general idea of whether I considered it to be okay for bloggers to have their identities revealed.
Let the records show that I do not think
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Last year, all of the major television distributors announced that they would be releasing some form of 3-D television in 2010. There was understandably a lot of excitement about the possibilities of what could be achieved with such technology as the entertained world was high on the visual
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You may have read my blog post earlier this week about the recent Virgin Blue debacle that affected me in more ways than my usual tradition of being highly opinionated
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For anyone who kept track of the news over the weekend or, potentially, anyone who happened to have a flight booked with Virgin Blue anywhere in Australia on Sunday, you will know full well of the delays caused by an IT failure. Now, regardless of where you place the onus of responsibility—blind
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Many, many moons ago when I was knee-high to a grasshopper, I used to love reading. And while other kids were looking at comics or Goosebumps novels, I was obsessed with Choose Your Own Adventure books. For those unaware, this series of children’s ‘game books’ involved a certain level
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In Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi’s opinion, his empirical research into the phenomenon otherwise known as luck has reaped no results. Tesla Patent Pending’s empirical research into the same phenomenon, on the other hand, has pointed very much towards the existence of the global conspiracy
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The fantastic thing about slow news weeks is that I get to be incredibly obscure with my blog topic choices, which can mean only one thing: exploring the philosophy of the everyday. You may have seen this
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In Australia, the consumption of beer is a cultural practice that doesn’t look to be dissipating anytime soon (or ever for that matter). Despite the government’s tendency to put exorbitant taxes on our alcoholic pastime in very unAustralian ways, as a nation, we continue to stay true to
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Everyone is talking about the A380 today. Find out why here
I live in the upper North Shore
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Also: The Sky is Blue, Water is Wet?
An overseas study into the differences between the
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A couple of weeks ago, we wrote about the BeetleCam, a remote-controlled roving camera that lets photographers take pictures of wild animals up close. While clawed critters present one sort of obstacle to a great photo, the perfect shot is often blocked by something
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Just refrain from trying to touch the screen
NASA launched one of its boldest space missions in 2009 to repair and save the aging Hubble Space Telescope. Now everyone can get a glimpse of astronaut derring-do in a preview trailer for the upcoming Hubble 3D IMAX film
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Need to disarm an IED? Make sure you've got your Super Soaker handy. Sorry, make that your "Fluid Blade Disablement Tool."
The Stingray, the military's newest bomb-fighting tech, is a small water gun developed
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In the days leading up to the industry-stopping Photokina event, the major players have lifted the lid on all-new and exciting camera bodies that are sure to command the attention of conference attendees when it finally kicks off.
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As particle physicists gather this week for a conference in Paris, they're reporting progress toward finding the elusive Higgs boson, with two groups suggesting a Higgs discovery may not be far off.
Physicists from Fermilab in Illinois announced they combined the results of two experiments
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A young German guy has a detailed Instructable online this week that explains how you can exercise your inner narcissist and make a 3D paper clone of yourself.
It's worth checking out
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Good dog parents might think they're doing their part by using biodegradable baggies to pick up after their pooches. But after Fido's feces go in the trash can and to a landfill, they release methane gas, a significant contributor to the greenhouse effect. A dog
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Meanwhile a motorcycle enthusiast with a passion for the unusual has smashed one of the world's weirdest speed records. Colin Furze of Britain has claimed the new top speed record for a personal mobility scooter, usually driven by the elderly. The rules are
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I was recently reinformed that the word ‘science’ is derived from the Latin word ‘scientia’ which translates simply to ‘knowledge’. This is a rather apt name for science as it is, at its core, concerned with the gathering of knowledge. We can attribute this gathering of knowledge
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When we’re knee-high to a grasshopper, our dream jobs are often more impractical than we understand at the time. Doubtlessly, many of us can relate to playing the “When I grow up I wanna be…” game, with common responses often along the lines of “Hollywood movie star”, “Prime Minister”,
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It was only last week that I was looking for suggestions for science-fiction technologies that could help to advance science actual. But upon reading
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Regardless of whether you’re a football (read: soccer) fan, you’ll doubtlessly have some awareness that the World Cup is scheduled to kick off this year. And even though the thought of the 2014 World Cup is far from most minds, it hasn’t stopped news cropping up about a World Cup that
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You’ve got to hand it to Apple and their cunning marketeers; put simply, they’ve got the formula right. Once upon a time the humble Mac used to be a niche computer when compared to the dominance of the PC, but now it’s difficult to walk into a university or office without seeing a plethora
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For years now I’ve been trying to come to terms with the fact that I find it hard to resist the urge to walk through the so-called ‘kids’ section of your average K-Mart, Target or Big W to check out the toys. Toys have always been of interest to me and even though I’m no longer an adolescent,
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At one point or another in our lives, most of us would have had the hypothetical conversation surround which era of time we’d like to visit or have been born in. For some, living at the time of knights and fair maidens has chivalrous appeal. For others, living at a time when technology was
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You know you’re destined to spread your opinions on a larger scale than your average Joe when you find yourself capable of coming up with a darker/weirder/funnier real-life story when partaking in story swapping. I’m sure that most people can relate to having that one friend who seems to
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Dr Peer Bork, a bioinformatician from
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