Author Archives: Michael Wyres

Newspaper Fail: Burghers and Frhies

No, the title of this post is not a spelling mistake – well, sort of. Just snapped this image from the front page of The Age newspaper website: Burghers? Sub-editing fail. But do they want frhies with their burgher?

Victorian Government Withheld CenITex Report From Ombudsman

In the final report released by the Victorian Ombudsman into corrupt activities at CenITex, Victoria’s whole-of-government IT services enterprise, it was revealed that the Victorian Assistant Treasurer – (and also the Minister for Technology, and Minister for Aviation), Gordon Rich-Phillips, ignored a request for the provision of a copy of a report prepared by State […]

NBN Revenues Provide Interesting Calculations

There were some very interesting revenue figures released as part of NBN Co’s Annual Report 2012 last Friday. NBN Co Pulled In AU$2M In 2011-2012 “NBN Co has reported revenues of AU$2 million for the first year of commercial operations for the 13,536 premises connected to the National Broadband Network (NBN), ending June 30, 2012.” […]

Convicted Killer Chases Horse After It Has Bolted

Ahh, lawyers. Most people have an opinion on them. Having worked in a couple of different law firms throughout my IT career, I can say hand on heart that almost all of the lawyers I have known are genuinely decent, respectful, professional people. But there’s been a handful who perpetuate the notion of the stereotypical […]

Down Down, Derp Is Not Down

Waiting in line at the checkout at the local Coles store over the weekend, I found they are selling copies of a Status Quo greatest hits album, complete with the Coles version of “Down Down”. Really? They’re celebrating this officially on a Status Quo album? I fear for the future.

50 Years of Bathurst

This year marks the 50th running of Australia’s Great Race, the Bathurst 1000. Fifty years of heritage, history and emotion. Channel Seven prepared a most spine tingling introduction for this years telecast. Awesome.

NBN Fixed Wireless Antenna

With the wireless portion of the NBN progressing, images of these wireless installs are beginning to appear. Taken from this article about an install in Haddon, Victoria, we can see that the antenna is mounted using the same – (or similar) – universal roof bracket currently in use for the majority of Foxtel satellite installations. […]

Turnbull NBN Costing Backflip?

A month ago, Malcolm Turnbull said that he had a fully costed policy document ready to go with respect to his alternative plan for the National Broadband Network (NBN). Yet today, he is taking a different tack: Malcolm Turnbull Promises Cheaper Broadband, Sooner, But No Costings “Mr Turnbull said because the coalition did not have […]

Zero Day Credibility Hole

In another episode of why writers shouldn’t be writing articles when the don’t know what they are talking about, the Fairfax press have come up with this one this morning about a new vulnerability in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer: Internet Explorer’s Huge Security Hole “Zero-day exploits involve software that takes advantage of a security hole within […]

Remembering Nobby

Neil ‘Nobby’ Clarke was never a superstar of Australian Rules football, that’s not what he wanted to be. He just wanted to play football with his mates, and with those mates, he went to the pinnacle of the game. Twice – in 1984 and 1985. However, on the inside, he struggled with depression, eventually taking […]