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Category Archives: News
Win a Grand Weekend in Melbourne
Expedia is running a competition to win an AFL Grand Final weekend in fabulous Melbourne (my beloved home city), valued at up to $9,600. The competition closes August 31 and is open to Australian residents. Click the image below to … Continue reading
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Tagged Afl, Australian Residents, Expedia, Good Luck, Image, Melbourne, Running
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An article and an interview
About two weeks I had my first ever paid-for article published. “Are Videogames Conservative?” appeared in the September edition of The IPA Review (57:3). Today, Libby Price, a presenter on Melbourne radio station 3LO, got in contact with me to … Continue reading
Posted in General, News, Self, Videogames
Tagged Academia, Australian Time, Berlitz, Dad, First Radio, Ipa, Melbourne Radio, New Job, Politics, Radio Interview, Radio Station, Time Thanks, Writing
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Six, already?
Today, Apple released iTunes 6. This is the most gratuitous major version bump I’ve ever seen. Sure, new iPods came out today that play video. It’s about time. And the iTunes music store also carries short films and TV shows … Continue reading
Posted in General, Movies and TV, News
Tagged Apple, Bump, Itunes Music Store, Music Videos, New Ipods, Selling Music, Short Films, Technology
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London bombings: Ken Livingston speaks
A few of London Mayor Ken Livingstone’s words addressing the London bombers and their motivations are worth reprinting here: Even after your cowardly attacks, people from the rest of Britain, people from around the world will arrive in London to … Continue reading
Microsoft Student: It’s like, totally lame
Today Microsoft released a new software suite for students. It’s aimed at secondary-school students, and offers them resources to help them complete assignments in standard subject areas like maths, science and so on. Students would probably be best advised to … Continue reading
Posted in General, News
Tagged Academia, Apple Computer, Decent Product, Haircut, Keanu Reeves, Kick In The Ass, Kidz, Launch, Microsoft Student, Mtv, New Software, Opinion, Pauly Shore, Poster Child, Publicity Team, Reeves Keanu, Relic, Secondary School Students, Side Kick, Software Suite, Technology, Visible Braces, Xbox 360
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My grounds for supporting VSU
Today, the last in a series of emails I exchanged with Michelle Smith, Publications Officer of the University of Melbourne Postgraduate Association, about the relationship between identity politics and VSU (Voluntary Student Unionism). In today’s installment, I explain that one … Continue reading
Posted in General, News
Tagged Academia, Advocacy, Charity, Circumstances, Disagreements, Email Communications, Freedom Of Choice, Generosity, Last Word, Mass Emailing, Melbourne Postgraduate Association, Michelle Smith, Opinion, Pleasure, Politics, Postgraduates, Relationship, Reply, Smith Publications, Thoughtful Responses, University Of Melbourne, Voluntary Student Unionism
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Apple on x86: a gamer’s perspective
In today’s WWDC keynote, Steve Jobs officially announced that Apple is beginning to switch its CPU-based products from the PowerPC architecture to x86. Online responses have been varied, commenting on what effect the move will have on Apple’s sales, Linux, … Continue reading
Server downtime
My web server has been down for most of today. And nary a word from my web host, not even once I could collect my email again. Not that I’ve been posting much lately, but if you tried to look … Continue reading
Posted in General, News
Tagged Cheap Hosting, Coughs, Dirt, Dirt Cheap, Email, Freedom, Rallies, Server Downtime, Web Host, Web Server, Webhost, Whispers, Word Web
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Microsoft copies Ubuntu logo
The MSN Spaces service recently passed out of its beta phase. On visiting the service’s home page, regular readers of OSNews will likely recognise a shocking degree of similarity between the Spaces logo and that of distro-of-the-moment Ubuntu Linux. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Beta Phase, Blog, Circles, Distro, Human Heads, Lawyers, Linux, Logo Side, Logos, Microsoft, Msn Spaces, Similarity, Tabs, Technology, Ubuntulinux
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Student unionism should be voluntary
With legislation to ban compulsory student unionism currently before parliament, student groups are protesting on the streets, on posters stuck around campus, and to the press to keep union membership compulsory. Even Vice Chancellors are expressing concerns. I find it … Continue reading
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Tagged Abolition, Academia, Antagonism, Freedom Of Association, Goverment, Groupings, Howard Government, Interference, Jokes, Melbourne Postgraduate Association, Mentality, Parliament, S Union, Student Groups, Student Unionism, Student Unions, Theage, Union Membership, University Of Melbourne, Vice Chancellors, Voter Turnouts
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