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Actually Mach 5.2 The good people at the University of Queensland's Laser Diagnostics centre ran a Fascinating Experiment to see ho...

I usually navigate to Samizdata.Net via the long list of Anti-Idiotarians put out by LGF . Along with Lileks , Den Beste , Tim Blair , Sil...

For the less-than-expert Computer User. That's the challenge posed by an article in The Register . Anyone connected to the Interne...

The most reviled form of Government in recent times has been National Socialism. With Good Reason. The two most famous - or infamous - Natio...

The subtitle of this blog is Intermittent postings from Canberra, Australia on Software Development, Space, Politics, and Interesting URLs. ...

Imagine, if you will, a TV program that is an unholy hybrid of Pokemon, The Galloping Gourmet, Pot Black, and Sumo Wrestling. There you h...

Or, if you prefer,

After yesterday's visit by US President Bush, Chinese Premier Hu Jintao's speech to Parliament came as a bit on an anticlimax. Well,...

No, not Tibettan Abbots. From The Australian : Ambulance crews called to the aid of a 72-year-old farmer who injured himself after tripping...

Well, the Bushes have come, and gone. And Canberra feels like it's been rudely shaken awake, has looked about groggily for a bit, then h...

Canberra's a quiet spot. OK, some people would call it "dead". It's a large country town with delusions of grandeur, and t...

Some evidence that the BBC might - I say might - be returning to Objective reporting is over on The Command Post . Time will tell. UPD...

Find out how many viral-like memes you've been exposed to with this Free Online Virus Scanner . That's you, not your Computer. Fi...

Yesterday, the skies of Canberra were filled with the sound of Military Jet Aircraft. A 50-km Exclusion Zone has been established, in prepar...

I never knew you could do this with custard.

A piece brought to my attention by Little Green Footballs . From News Limited : Malaysia's controversial leader, Mahathir Mohamad, cont...

The Thing is Jewish

There is an ancient and honourable pastime in much of the Anglophone world. It's called "Frog-Bashing", and consists of poking...

I've been considering the Chinese Space Programme, and the more I look at it, the more I think the Devil is in the details. There...