Category: Miscellaneous
-
Trust the Science
-
Evan Green – a quiet legend
-
Clickable YouTube Titles
-
Remember being shocked by Tony Abbott? It seems like a picnic now.
First Dog on the Moon is the cartoonist for The Guardian, Australian Edition. He is just about my favourite cartoonist. On the 22nd of February 2019, coincidentally my birthday, one of the best of his best appeared. It was published under the heading of “There has never been a more exciting time to be alive…”.
-
Farewell Gough Whitlam – an intellectual giant
Gough Whitlam: 11 July 1916 – 21 October 2014 Yesterday Gough Whitlam died at the age of 98. I listened to our local ABC radio station (702) all day, as the anecdotes and eulogies flooded in from listeners, friends and colleagues. It was a rollercoaster ride of happiness and sadness. I had lived through perhaps the greatest…
-
The Tamil asylum seekers and the cricket bats
This would be funny if it were not so tragic. The story so far… One hundred and fifty seven Tamil asylum seekers travelled to India and then by boat to international waters near Australia They were detained and held captive on board an Australian Customs vessel at sea for four weeks. They were then taken to the…
-
“Storage space running out” on Android smart phone
My wife has a Samsung Galaxy Note, the original phone in the Note series. She loves it and is very happy with it, except… For the past few months, application updates have been failing, and she’s been getting the notification: Storage Space Running Out We’ve been dealing with it by deleting unused apps, but that…
-
Dad’s new home
After rehabilitation from a severe fall, Dad (91) is now a permanent low-care resident in a lovely home called
-
Alive 90.5 newsletters
[fileaway type=”table”][fileaway type=”table” heading=”Alive 90.5 Newsletters” style=”silver-bullet”]
-
What next for the Fairfax newspapers?
Fairfax Media is restructuring its newspapers, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. As print editions, these have been and still are great newspapers. They have well-established rules of editorial separation. That is, the owners and board members have agreed that they will not influence the news and editorial content of the papers. This has…