Pun Intended Consequences
In which the main character rambles on about stuff.
May 6, 2008
The Master and Margarita
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I STARTED writing a small review of this book on my Facebook `Books' application, but then realised I had a lot to say about it. And one...
Apr 30, 2008
Tabbing in Opera and Notepad++
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Notepad++ I'll get to Opera in a bit. It took a quick read-through of the source code (hurrah for open source), but I've finally got...
A Shoebox Budget
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A recent Lifehacker article gave me the idea of turning my formerly-useless Nokia phone box into a repository of all my receipts: This way ...
Apr 29, 2008
Found in Response to a PC World Article
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The article, 18 Features Windows Should Have (but Doesn't) elicited some less-than-reverent responses from readers: zipzap said at Apr ...
Apr 28, 2008
Hilarious Misuse of `Mullahs'
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I found this hilarious new usage of the term `Mullahs' and couldn't resist putting it up here: `Furthermore, I made the switch beca...
Apr 23, 2008
The Monkey King ... er, The Forbidden Kingdom
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VERY enjoyable movie. Jackie Chan and Jet Li together make movie magic--I just had to say it--and give the audiences a compelling show. Iron...
Jan 31, 2008
Synchronicity
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This is kind of a strange post. The thing is, I see or experience strange coincidences in my life often enough that I've given a name to...
Jan 2, 2008
Life in the Cloud
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OK, so suddenly I find myself with the urge to blog a bit about my changing computing habits. If reading techie stuff makes you want to tear...
Dec 25, 2007
LEDs: Light Emitting Diodes
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If you look at your car's digital clock, microwave display, laptop computer's indicator lights, or your keyboard's Num Lock/Caps...
Dec 21, 2007
Monopolists and interoperability?
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Here's an economist's take on Microsoft's new file formats. From the article: `While Microsoft could have kept the traditional ...
Nov 30, 2007
Slashdot Humour Post #2
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I'm sorry but this stuff is just too funny not to share with y'all non-Slashdotters. The post (Your Ex-CoWorkers Will Kill Facebook...
Nov 29, 2007
Rambling post
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My discerning readers may have noticed by now that I'm not much for blogging about personal stuff that's been going on in my life. O...
Nov 18, 2007
Windows died
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I was on ouou.com, watching some video when suddenly Windows faltered and crashed. I briefly saw a blue screen detailing some error and then...
Nov 16, 2007
Beowulf
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Very impressive movie. I could have sworn in some scenes that the actors were really there, but apparently it's an animated movie, so th...
Sep 8, 2007
Some interesting articles about child abuse
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These articles raise some interesting questions about society's tendency to see all men as potential child molesters: Are We Teaching Ou...
Sep 3, 2007
Some cool Firefox themes
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Aside from the default Firefox theme, there aren't any really cool themes that I've found -- but I do like a couple of themes which ...
Jun 1, 2007
Getting my.monash email in your Gmail inbox
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Yup, it's actually possible to send and receive my.monash (or any other uni/workplace) email from your beloved Gmail account. Here's...
Apr 29, 2007
The EndNote post
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For the past few days I've been installing EndNote, the bibliographic referencing software, on every computer I've been able to, and...
Apr 20, 2007
America's gun culture
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I am sorry to learn about the losses suffered by the community of Virginia Tech. My first reaction is to blame America's gun culture. Af...
Jan 5, 2007
Rocky Balboa
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Rocky Balboa is back to his roots in this last movie. The boxing champion of Philadelphia is back in the old neighborhood, looking for meani...
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