Monthly Archives: May 2011
Grubbgate
Now, I’m not at the AusCERT conference on the Gold Coast, am I also not a legal expert (in spite of having a solicitor for a father). Now, with that out of the way, let’s have a brief chat about … Continue reading
Posted in Rants
Tagged AusCERT, facebook, government, internet, legal, media, security, technology
Natural Selection
Humanity pisses me off sometimes. Sure, there needs to be warnings on some things – like an electric fence – that looks innocent enough but can actually cause a person a reasonable amount of damage. I’m fine with that. What … Continue reading
Posted in Rants
Tagged choice, natural selection, social, stupid
And Now for Something Completely Different…. What Video Games Have Taught Me About the Real World
It’s long been a complaint of old, curmudgeonly people that video games are created for the sole purpose of turning young children into homicidal maniacs (clearly, they’ve never heard of toddler beauty pageants, but that’s another story). I, however, beg … Continue reading
Posted in Something Completely Different
Tagged grand theft auto, twitter, video games
The End of TV Doesn't Have to be Nigh
I would think, by now, that we’re all pretty much agreed that over the air television is slowly going the way of both the dinosaur and the dodo. All that we’re hoping is that by the time it happens that … Continue reading
Posted in Rants
Tagged future, internet, media, technology, television
Sometimes Wrong is Right
So, there’s been a lot of talk since Monday afternoon about how Osama bin Laden was killed by US SEALs instead of being arrested and brought to trial. It’s almost like, after protesting for ten years of some the human … Continue reading
Posted in Rants
Tagged government, legal, media, Osama bin Laden, social