Archive for June, 2006

US trawls your bank records

Monday, June 26th, 2006

Perhaps unsurprisingly the Washington Post and New York Times are reporting that US security agencies are Posted in Science and Technology, World | No Comments »

Light up clothes

Sunday, June 25th, 2006

Those of you planning illuminated clothing for Burning Man might be interested in this interview with JF Magic founder Lee Wainwright

Files are not for sharing

Saturday, June 24th, 2006

A kiddie’s primer on why file sharing is bad.

Sometimes I wonder about the Wikipedia

Friday, June 23rd, 2006

Tim Tams anyone?

Tesla at UWA

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006

To comemmorate the 150th anniversary of Nikola Tesla’s birth, UWA are putting on a play and other stuff (not currently listed on their site that I can find :). I’m hoping for giant power arcs ripping through the very fabric of the night sky.

Centrelink crossmatches immigration department records

Wednesday, June 21st, 2006

A caller to TripleJ’s “Hack” this evening revealed that they were queried by Centrelink after going on a holiday with their ex-girlfriend, which if true implies that Centrelink crossmatches its database with the Department of Immigration’s.

Atheism advertising

Wednesday, June 21st, 2006

The Atheist Foundation of Australia had a TV slot during Star Trek:Enterprise this evening. The ad’s also on their web site.

Where will it end?

Tuesday, June 20th, 2006

Now our politicians are using props. Labor’s Steven Smith has a 2c piece (and I saw an enlarged one being waved around in a photo from Parliament the other day) and Kevin Andrews is waving around a fistful of dollars.

Perhaps they could just dress up like clowns and get on with actually doing something useful.

Six Feet Under

Tuesday, June 20th, 2006

It was weird, sick, twisted, real, honest, unafraid, and very beautiful. I will remember it fondly.

For the person who has everything (in their luggage)…

Monday, June 19th, 2006

luggage that will tell them how much it weighs :)

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