(cue pun) oh the humanities! - Both Christian McCrea and Glen Fuller have penned rock-hard/red-hot responses to the debate around OldSchool/NewSchool Humanities sparked by this article in The Australian last week. And on a totally unrelated, but pertinent note, check out Ms Fits' commentary on bosoms... (15:58 | 2632 Trackbacks | 3 Comments)

whines and marvels - It's been a funny week... I spent the first half stupidly developing an ulcer over our unresolved ADSL application. The estimated installation date passed, and passed some more, and still nothing. So our ISP got on Telstra's case and it... (17:14 | 2 Comments)

i'll happily take it as a sign - I got what could very well be the best frikkin haircut of my life yesterday. No shit. It actually suits my face and my hair type which I thought was impossible. And it doesn't look middle-aged, nor too shiny¹, and... (12:18 | 3 Comments)

Grab 'em! - It seems Google are keen to expand the trial of Gmail so I have 50 invites to distribute if anyone wants one. 1 Gig of storage space and a really neat interface could be yours. Just leave a comment with... (10:53 | 1 Comments)

If I was a valentine - Why, oh why, didn't Luke think to buy me this for Corporate Love Day™? Our love would indeed have been cemented forever...... (17:01 | 1 Comments) Influencing young minds - I've just about finished the changes to the course outline and I think I've managed to fiddle with things enough to allow me to screen texts which I believe any inquisitive student of the Arts should know (and love). Mind... (10:43 | 1 Comments)

Assume crash position... - I'll now be coordinating and running the subject I was previously enlisted to assist in - taking all the tutorials and the odd lecture has now become reconfiguring the course, devising 12 weeks of lecture/seminars, tutoring all the classes and... (12:10 | 1 Comments)

Meteorologist for OS X - I have found my own personal dream application for OS X. It speaks to both the MacAddict and the WeatherNerd in me. It is Meteorologist. Instead of loading and reloading the BOM site several times a day (yes, i am... (14:59 | 2 Comments)

vegan knitting - I'm not vegan myself (after a disastrous attempt circa 2001) but am always keen to seek out ways to live life causing as little harm to other beings as possible. My recent encounter with a truck packed with crates of... (10:01 | 2 Comments)

Re/Entering the Blogosphere - The Manslave has finally got with the program and set up a Movable Type blog. His utopian dream of a communal Wiki was eventually trampled by one too many hijacks by lame spammers. Instead he will spread his Good Word... (13:41 | 0 Comments)

3 discs - Despite my day being washed out, the postie delievered goodness today Thanks to Andy, JC of AK, and Brandy for your contributions to Mixtrade05! I hope my CDs reached you all safely. And I can't wait for my last two... (10:55 | 1 Comments) suburban woe - Even though I'm an avid pedestrian, there's a limit to how warm my heart can be to relying on public transport. Since we're living in the suburbs it's not such a breeze to swan about the city by tram or... (09:44 | 3 Comments)

Mmm... Bacon - I've just started on my first row of bacon fat for the Fry Up! knitalong: It's strangely unappetising to be knitting a piece of animal flesh. Maybe I'll pretend that it's NotBacon.... (10:05 | 1 Comments)