Archive for January, 2006

On the dangers of blogging

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006

(Or rather, on the dangers of listening to blogging)
Now, everyone has the right to be heard (with obvious exceptions). But with everyone clamouring to be heard, it makes it rather hard to know who you should be listening to.
Robert Scoble is a “Microsoft geek blogger”, and technical evangelist. His blog is consistently among the top


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When I get a house…

Sunday, January 29th, 2006

…I’m going to paint my rooms like these.


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Baby dragon update

Sunday, January 29th, 2006

The baby eastern bearded dragons I’ve previously spoken about are doing well. They’ve been moved outside into a small kiddies’ pool so that they can get some sunlight. Sunlight always seems to be a good appetite stimulant. I’m going to release them in the very near future.


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Upcoming movies

Friday, January 27th, 2006

I can’t wait to get Cap’n Jacked again: Pirates of the Carribean 2: dead man’s chest.
Slither looks like a witty and thought-provoking piece of cinema.


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Getting rich quick from a getting rich quick scheme

Thursday, January 26th, 2006

The Beeb is reporting that the million dollar homepage guy is being blackmailed by nefarious person or persons unknown. Unless he pays them a hefty sum (which he has refused to do) they’ll attack his web site. He’s enlisted the help of a US-based internet security firm to keep his site safe and sound. I


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Whale meat again. Don’t know where. Don’t know when.

Wednesday, January 25th, 2006

The ABC is reporting that a South Australian family has found some whale spew that might be worth around one million dollars.


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Interesting links

Monday, January 23rd, 2006

The Guardian recently published an article on how a talking parrot spilled the beans on his owner’s cheating girlfriend.
Now this is one seriously big fish tank.
Google’s 2005 zeitgeist is always interesting to read and see what search trends happened throughout the year.


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Snake attack!

Monday, January 16th, 2006

The inside of a snake’s oesophagus is not the most pleasant of places to be. I’ve come to this conclusion after having only the distal third of my right index finger down a snake’s oesophagus. I imagine having my whole body down there would be an even more unpleasant experience.
It started as a regular little


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