Category Archives: Musings

When Is The Age Not The Age?

When is The Age, not actually The Age? Apparently, when you hit the paywall limit of 30 free articles a month. Observe: Start on “The Age”. Click an article. Hit the paywall warning. Close the paywall warning. End up on the Sydney Morning Herald page. Hmmm.

Deceptive New Scientist Unsubscribe Link?

I’m a nerd, and I love most ‘sciencey’ things. As such, some time ago I subscribed to receive regular email updates from New Scientist magazine. While their articles were always interesting, before long I found I just didn’t have enough time to read them, so I unsubscribed. Or so I thought. I continued to regularly […]

More Coalition Goalpost Shifting

Certain members of our alternative government have certainly been a bit shifty with numbers related to their portfolios in the last 24 hours. On the National Broadband Network (NBN) front, where it has been claimed that if the Coalition comes to power at the election, and it’s alternative NBN is implemented, that people may be […]

Do We Have Store Brand Vegetables Now?

We’ve all seen so-called “store brand” or “home brand” products in the supermarket. For example, a packet of biscuits that look exactly the same and taste exactly the same as a packet of Tim Tams, but for half the price. And probably made in the exact same factory anyway. Well, whilst doing the shopping this […]

Brisbane Trip From Above

When flying, I prefer to take a window seat. Mainly because I feel more comfortable than when I’m in an aisle, with people brushing past up and down the plane. I also prefer to being able to look outside and watch the world go by. I usually end up taking a few photos as well, […]

Snowden Passport Cancellation Irony

I read with a chuckle last night, a Bloomberg article reporting on the apparent cancellation of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden’s US passport. “Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden’s U.S. passport has been revoked, according to a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity.” On “condition of anonymity” hey? So presumably shouldn’t have been […]

Closest Motor Racing Finish In History?

Overnight, did Peter Dempsey – (running in the Indy Lights series) – just score the closest race victory in a motor racing event? At 0.0026 seconds, he probably did. It was closer than even the previously recognised closest finish – (0.014 seconds) – between Ayrton Senna and Nigel Mansell at the 1986 Spanish Grand Prix: […]

Bittersweet End To Dog Attack Saga

My regular readers will remember my involvement in a serious dog attack incident in my street on a quiet Sunday morning in August last year. The follow up response to the incident was less than ideal, but the hands of the local council were tied by the existing laws on what they could and could […]

Undisguised Chevrolet SS Performance Spotted In The Wild

Just spotted an undisguised Chevrolet SS Performance version of the upcoming Holden Commodore VF, in North Geelong. Clearly badged as a Chevrolet SS, and left-hand drive, the car was totally devoid of any disguises, aside from a section of the taillight assembly being blanked out with black tape – more likely to protect it from […]

The Long History Between The ABC And The IPA

There has been a lot questions raised lately, in regards to the regular appearances by representatives from the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) in news and current affairs programming on the the ABC – (in particular on “The Drum”) – and what their motivations are, given their apparent links to other media organisations. My curiosity […]