Author Archives: Michael Wyres

Sunday Nerding: History Of The London Underground

Back onto a train theme today, with an interesting – (albeit slightly older) – documentary of the London Underground. Amazing how things come about!

Triple 8: Attention To Detail

Last weekend, Triple 8 Race Engineering’s Jamie Whincup completed his sixth Australian V8 Supercars Championship title, moving him into first place on the all-time champions list, ahead of Pete Geoghegan, Dick Johnson and Mark Skaife – all of whom won five championships. Rarified air. Before I continue, I’d like to point out I’m not specifically […]

Not Necessarily The End Of Ford In V8 Supercars

With today’s announcement that Ford Australia will cease official involvement in the International V8 Supercars Championship from the end of the 2015 season, there has been an outpouring of emotion and disappointment, particularly – (and understandably) – from Ford fans. As a Holden fan, it might easy to celebrate the demise of the “old enemy” […]

Sunday Nerding: The Dark Web

There’s little doubt that recent years has seen many people have their concerns about privacy, security and anonymity online heightened by increasing overreach by governments and their agencies. Why should we be concerned? And should we be concerned at all? Watch this excellent BBC report on the topic and decide for yourself. There are many […]

No No No – This Is Not News!

There is no doubt that the various social media platforms that many of us use and enjoy on a daily basis have created an avenue for people from all walks of life to have their voices heard. For many, those voices are drowned out in a blurry haze of tweets, Instagram photos, and Facebook posts, […]

Sunday Nerding: The Illusion Of Time

Do you have a little time to watch this documentary? You do? Think again – you might not! This one is a bit super-nerdy, but quite interesting – as Brian Greene tries to answer what time really is.

Sunday Nerding: The Story Of Linux

Even if you have never heard of it, if you are a regular internet user, or a regular user of a modern smartphone, you are interacting with the Linux operating system all of the time. In terms of marketshare of public servers on the internet, Linux is installed on around 38.6% of these machines. Most […]

A Pointless Warranty

Wandering through the local K-Mart the other day, while wasting a little time, I came across this dummy security camera in the electronics section. Dummy security cameras are cheap – (this one was $12.00) – imitation security cameras you use as a deterrent against criminal activity – the more realistic the dummy camera is, the […]

Google Pi?

Anyone else notice the version number on the version of the iOS Gmail app released over the last couple of days? Mine updated this morning, and I had a nerdy giggle. Well played!

Think Drone Strikes Are Okay?

With all the current ruckus with respect to potential terror attacks – (the threat of which I am not seeking to understate) – and Australia likely heading into Iraq to carry out airstrikes, it is probably important to gain a perspective on how potential terror attacks are dealt with. John Oliver nails it once again.