Archive for December, 2008



Ta-ta

Published on December 18, 2008

Hi have a friend, she’s Taiwanese.
She gets “ta” and “ta-ta” confused but I don’t have the heart to tell her the difference.
So given that, I say to you dear reader: ta.
I’m off to Vietnam for a month, see you when I get back (if you’re really lucky I’ll post a picture while I’m away).


Jerk of the Week: Kevin Rudd

Published on December 17, 2008

Well it wasn’t long before the Ruddster became Jerk of the week, and what better reason than Climate Change. This line in Monday’s Crikey says it all:
The surrender is virtually complete. Our biggest polluters have won, and the rest of us will be paying for it under a joke of an emissions trading scheme that [...]


Jerk of the Week: Senator Conroy

Published on December 10, 2008

Really, he should have been first cab off the rank. For wanting to censor the internet, Mr Conroy, you are Jerk of the week!
Thankfully, according to this article:
And the Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy, has written to critics saying that the so-called “live” trials would be “a closed network test and will not involve actual customers”. [...]


Jerk* of the week: Robert Doyle

Published on December 3, 2008

So the Melbourne City Council Elections are a bit of a fraud really. Residents get one vote, businesses in the City of Melbourne get 2… and that’s how failed State Liberal Leader became the Mayor of the City of Melbourne.
Fortunately I no longer live in the City of Melbourne, but the idea of putting cars [...]


Ubuntu 8.10

Published on December 1, 2008

At the end of October, with a little bit of excitement, I attempted to upgrade to the latest version of Ubuntu (Intrepid Ibis – or was that the last one.. or next one).
Anyway, half way through something went wrong. It stalled on something. I left it for about 2 hours but nothing had shifted. So [...]