A friend recently commented in a Facebook thread about Steve Jobs’ death, to this effect: “Geez, it’s not that big a deal. He was only a businessman. It’s not like he was a world leader or a great humanitarian.” I thought about this for a bit. And I expect that there’ll be a lot of [...]
Sad news today. Steve Jobs, co-founder and formerly CEO of Apple, has died of cancer after a long battle. There’s not much more that I can say other than to make the joke above, which I’ve been thinking about for a long time. With my love for absurdity, if I were Steve I’d have used [...]
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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 do a radio interview. I managed to schedule a break in my Berlitz training so [...]
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 now. But little has changed in iTunes itself. iTunes has played video for ages, and [...]
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 become Londoners and to fulfill their dreams and achieve their potential. They come to be [...]
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 get an Apple computer if they want to be productive, which would stop them running [...]
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 of the reasons I support VSU is because I believe it’s immoral to force people [...]
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, and Microsoft. I haven’t seen any writing that’s been especially enthusiastic about it from a [...]
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 and couldn’t, don’t worry, I’m still here. Or do worry, if you happened to go [...]
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Ben Hourigan is an indie novelist, the author of Kiss Me, Genius Boy (2011). He is also the manager of digital operations at a Melbourne design publisher, a freelance writer and editor, and the founder of ebook label hourigan.co.
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