As Tony Abbott spreads the “global cooling” conspiracy, more evidence demonstrates that temperatures are going up and up. A report by the World Meteorological Organization says that recent years are on track to be the hottest on record: The decade of the 2000s is very likely the warmest decade in the modern record, dating back [...]
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Media beat up, part I
I recently had a debate with a friend about new media versus old media. One of the points I made was that journalists at major newspapers and TV stations are just as likely as PR spin doctors and politicians to be pushing a line. Furthermore, I argued that journalists “beat up” stories to get copy [...]
The Glenn Beck story: the tail end
A few weeks ago, I blogged about the Glenn Beck story, where an internet prankster satirised ultra-conservative US pundit Glenn Beck (a kind of super-Bolt). The prankster, Isaac Eiland-Hall, registered a website, which called on Beck to prove that he did not sexually assault and murder a young girl in 1990. The site was a [...]
Really amazing artist from South Africa
Alex Latimer is an artist from South Africa who helped Mark Forrester (of Woothemes) redesign his website. Having looked over Latimer’s site and his portfolio, I am both amazed at this excellent and talented idiosyncratic and whimsical artist’s work. The below piece is one of my favourites. I thoroughly recommend you check him out.
My new toy
Just arrived today: the Gigabyte t1028x. Pretty happy with it so far. The specs are better than I’d hoped for, and Windows 7 (Starter) is not too shabby. Just need to load up some final software, etc, before it’s ready to roll. Read a review about it here.
Featured on Wootheme's Showcase
Very happy today to discover that Sub Rosa Magazine has been showcased at Woothemes. I’m an enormous fan of Woothemes, and as I’ve said elsewhere, I not only think their theme designs are great, but their support service is awesome and as is the easy theme upgrades. I had a great time customising the Wootheme [...]
Upgrades and support is important for online businesses
Recently I tried to upgrade a website I maintain for my day job. This website is run on WordPress, and for the past 8 months or so, was using a StudioPress theme. When I went to upgrade the site, having shelled out over AU$80 for the new updated theme, I found that there was no [...]
Letter in Crikey
My letter in Crikey today Regarding “Make the World Pay“: I’ve noticed it is fashionable for Crikey to publish CPRS-bashing articles from the Greens Party and others (e.g. Bernard Keane). There is no doubt that the CPRS is less than many people hoped it would be — especially the excessive industry assistance. The simple fact [...]
Letters in The Age
I’m always pleasantly surprised when one of my letters gets in The Age, as it did the other day without me knowing. Clearly I don’t support league tables for schools.
Labor must assert its economic credentials
The recent spate of reporting of polls demonstrates that Labor must continue to assert its strong nation building narrative and economic credentials. Labor and Kevin Rudd correctly judged the public’s mood by decrying the excesses of extreme capitalism and neoliberalism, and forging a renewed social-democratic path. Despite the baying of the press gallery and conservative [...]
We need to get to less than 350ppm
A short video from 350.org, illustrating why we need urgent action on climate change. 350.org: Because the world needs to know from 350.org on Vimeo.
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