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Text god today

I came across this advertisement when we were in Melbourne? Do you think he’ll reply? I can’t imagine that it is free since most of those dodgy text services are extremely pricey.

Atomac the way it was always meant to be

One could hardly describe the appearance of this blog as static. I think that I have been through about 5 or 6 themes since I started it in 2007. This new appearance is thanks to a highly customisable Wordpress Theme called Atahualpa and it more the look that I originally intended for my blog back [...]

The Whinging Pom

To a certain extent the whinging pom is a self-perpetuating stereotype since it is impossible to argue against it without appearing to whinge. As a result many of the people to whom the term is applied suffer the insult in silence. Until recently I had not had the term hurled at me since I was [...]

Fake Steve on Google Chrome

http://fakesteve.blogspot.com/2009/07/lets-all-take-deep-breath-and-get-some.html

People are starting to realize that Google is not their friend, and that all this “free stuff” from Google is not about a) philanthropy, or b) keeping Microsoft honest, but really about c) helping Google gain even more control over what you do on the Internet. See a nice piece by John Paczkowski here for an [...]

A brief haitus

It has been quite a while since I updated here. Mainly because I haven’t had anything to say, partly because I have been busy and partly because I missed the boat on a few recent issues.

The AVN (Australian Vaccination Network) have been a popular target of skeptical comment recently since Channel 7 produced an episode [...]

Matrimony

As the day progressed yesterday we closeted ourselves in our room watching Russian music television and Kath started to get ready while I read my book.

The wind howled outside, but it was too late to think about postponing the wedding. It was going on despite the weather. At 6:30 we made our way up the [...]

Saving daylight

With the end of daylight saving in Western Australia this weekend the people of Western Australia are set to vote in roughly six weeks on this surprisingly divisive and emotive topic and so it is time for me to weigh in with my 2 penneth worth.

I’ll come right and say it – I am opposed [...]

Prepare to meet thy maker

The BBC reports on a study completed by the University of Pitsburg into religious belief and terminal illness. It seems that the true believers are the ones least likely to accept their own death. The researchers followed 345 people with terminal cancer. According to the study:

Those who regularly prayed were more than three times more [...]

Over stimulation

I was listening to the excellent “This American Life” (iTunes Link) the other day. On the particular episode in question was a story produced by Alex Bloomberg who features on nne of the other podcasts produced by National Public Radio (NPR), the “Planet Money Podcast” (iTunes Link). The topic under discussion was the efficacy of [...]

All I said was “That meal was good enough for Jehova”

Indeed!

When I got home from work today waiting for me in the letter box was an envelope marked “To the householder”. I opened it and a piece of paper with the following upon it (complete with errors of grammar and punctuation) was enclosed.

Dear neighbour,

My Wife and I live in the neighbourhood. We have not [...]