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Monthly Archives: February 2005
Vale Hugh Slattery, 1915-2005
This morning, at about 0740, my maternal grandfather, Hugh Slattery, died. He was 90. The event Dad called me at around 0800, and told me, his voice shaking a little as the call ended. He’d died peacefully, Dad said, “just … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddhist, Eggshells, Emphysima, Family Relationships, Free Agents, Guilt, Important Things, Last Ten Years, Letter To The Editor, Letters Editor, Many Things, Maternal Grandfather, Old Man, Oxygen, Six Years, Slattery, Suckers, Tragic Story, Well Meaning, World Of Warcraft
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End government arts funding now!
So I proposed in my review of Japanese Story. Adam Ford commented: This is a joke, right? No, Adam, it’s no joke. Here’s why I’d like to see an immediate end to government arts funding: Taxation is a form of … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Ford, Audiences, Beneficial Services, Bloomsday, Bq, Catharsis, Coercion, Creative Work, Government Arts, Government Body, Imprisonment, James Joyce, Japanese Story, Labyrinth, Market Pressures, Nation Building, Necessary Services, Patronage, Political Propaganda, Ulysses
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Japanese Story (review)
Sue Brooks (dir.) Japanese Story. 2003. 2/10 I was determined not to like this film, and so, unsurprisingly, I didn’t. On one level, this is a film about a woman’s being forced to face and accept the reality of death. … Continue reading
Posted in Movies and TV
Tagged Amazon, Asian Man, Australian Films, Australian Woman, Economic Contexts, Economic Miracle, Female Protagonist, Japanese Characters, Japanese Culture, Japanese Man, Japanese Story, Japanophile, Original Theme, Population Lives, Presences, Reviews, Sandy Edwards, Scriptwriter, Southeast Asia, Sue Brooks, Toni Collette
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The halo effect
Macworld UK - Oz Mac sales double – IDC Apparently sales of Apple computers are really taking off in Australia. Macworld UK quotes IT analyst Michael Sager saying “Apple seems to be finally benefiting from the iPod halo effect.” I … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged 80gb Hard Drive, Airport Express, Airportexpress, Alumnium, Apple Computers, Apple Os, Best Music, Design Index, Designmuseum, Dialog Boxes, Firewire Drives, Halo Effect, Jonathan Ive, Mac Owners, Mac Sales, Macworld, Memory Resident, Music Collection, Music Player, Technology, Useless Memory
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Will trade labour for money
Why don’t you ever see a homeless person in a movie or on TV holding a sign that says that? Why do their signs always say something like “will strip for food”? I suppose it’s because those fictional characters neither … Continue reading
Posted in General, Self
Tagged Abstract, Apple, Credit Card Balance, Desktop Publishing, Fictional Characters, Finding A Job, Homeless Person, Hourigan, Insistence, Iwork, Labour, Length Documents, Money, Resumé Documents, Shame, Signs, Templates, Theses, Word Processing, Working In Japan
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Addendum to yesterday
Yesterday I wrote about the wrong way to relate to the powers of science: to scorn them as inauthentic. For the curious, I think Ray Kurzweil has the right idea on this matter, according to a report in Wired. Kurzweil … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged Authentic Nature, Conversations With People, Fools, God, Immortality, Lifetime, Optimism, Ray Kurzweil, Science, Time Frame, Wrong Way
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Acquiescence is futile
I am going bald. Or at least, I was. Today I went to a doctor and got a prescription for finasteride, a drug that halts male pattern baldness (also known as androgenetic alopecia). Of course, it remains to be seen … Continue reading
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Tagged Acquiescence, Alopecia, Armpits, Civilisation, Disdain, Environmentalist, Environmentalists, Feminists, Finasteride, Frailties, Generalisation, Grass Huts, Human Body, Losing Hair, Male Pattern Baldness, Manifestation, Manifestations, Misfortunes, Peace Of Mind, Temples
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Upgrade to WordPress 1.5
If you notice that the site is a mess, it’s because I just upgraded to WordPress 1.5. I’m hoping to soon have things looking like they were before. Thanks to all the WordPress developers for making such mayhem possible.