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Experimenting

By Ben Hourigan On 2008-06-7 · Leave a Comment

With this blog having been out of action so long, there’s a lot of upgrading to do. I’ve upgraded to WordPress 2.5, and to K2 RC6, losing my custom CSS and header image of the Melbourne skyline in the process. Expect to see some of it back soon.

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Slow blogging month

By Ben Hourigan On 2006-06-14 · 2 Comments

Just a short post to indicate that yes, both I and this blog are still alive and operational. I’m still settling into Melbourne, having been back from Japan almost a month now. I found myself a cheap city apartment, and have been doing some transcription work as an office temp, while I look for something [...]

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MIT Blog Survey

By Ben Hourigan On 2005-07-2 · Leave a Comment

Today I did a survey that MIT is carrying out. The questions focus on what your blogging practice is like, and on what kinds of people you know personally. If you read this and keep a blog, give it a go. Hell, there sure are stupider internet surveys you could do. Thanks to dogpossum for [...]

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Microsoft copies Ubuntu logo

By Ben Hourigan On 2005-04-9 · 4 Comments

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 similarity is obvious when switching between the Spaces and Ubuntu pages in separate browser tabs. [...]

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Personal attacks

By Ben Hourigan On 2005-03-17 · 5 Comments

Today, dogpossum posted what is, so far, the most antagonistic comment related to my site that I’ve yet received. Her blog doesn’t have permalinks, so you’ll just have to search for 17 March 2005. Currently, though, it’s at or near the top of the blog. I don’t mind antagonism. In fact, I know that just [...]

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Pugnacious

By Ben Hourigan On 2005-03-17 · 3 Comments

From “Dict.org”:http://www.dict.org 1 definition found for pugnacious From Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : Pugnacious \Pug\*na”cious\, a. [L. pugnax, --acis, fr. pugnare to fight. Cf. Pugilism, Fist.] Disposed to fight; inclined to fighting; quarrelsome; fighting. Notice that I changed the title of this blog. I am now taking on all comers in an epic battle [...]

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You rich lawyer, you…

By Ben Hourigan On 2005-01-20 · 1 Comment

Not that this information is of public interest, but since no-one is reading my blog yet, I might as well mention that the aforementioned “best friend Annette” (see “Taxnami”:http://benhourigan.com/index.php?p=5) was yesterday given an articled clerkship at “Brian Ward & Partners”:http://www.brianwardpartners.com.au/, which is a commercial law firm in Melbourne. Congratulations, you rich lawyer, you!

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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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