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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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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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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It wasn’t so long ago that there was rather serious talk of the end of an era: we were going to see the decline of paperback and hardcover books, and enjoy the rise of the e-book. The only problem was that it didn’t play out like that. E-books arrived in a big way, with a multitude of onscreen
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It wasn’t so long ago that I was questioning the rather questionable logic surrounding the concept commercial aircraft that has a transparent hull. As debatable as my stance
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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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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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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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In an age where there’s a gadget solution for almost everything (even for things that don’t seemingly need a gadget), there’s still not a gadget solution for absolutely everything – and I doubt there ever will be such a time where this changes. You may have
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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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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
Read more...
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,
Read more...
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
Read more...
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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One of my most favourite pastimes is losing myself in an engaging film. Although I enjoy a mindless Hollywood blockbuster as much as the next 18-35 year old male target demographic member, it’s the films that drag me away to a whole other world that stick with me. And that’s because my
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In 1975, French philosopher Michel Foucault coined the term ‘panopticism’ in his book, Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison. The term itself is derived from the panopticon, which is a rather ingenious prison design. The panopticon is circular, with prisoners housed on the outer
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