October 2011
2 posts
Internal Realism →
Alva Noe on the tricky issue of umpiring (in this case, for baseball):
External Realism does a good job accounting for the fact that we all recognize that there are “bad calls” and the fact that…
People Are Awesome →
People are Awesome 2011:
(via kottke)
March 2011
2 posts
Out with the old… →
… in with the same old story.
You’ll have to pardon me if I’m somewhat cynical about government, newly elected in a historical landslide, coming in and saying there’s a $4.5 billion dollar…
Tim Bray on Blogging →
This article prompted me to remember that I had a neglected blog:
Blogging is Healthy: It’s no longer the white-hot center of controversy it was in 2005; now it’s part of the establishment,…
December 2010
8 posts
2010 →
2010!
I remember as a kid thinking 2000 was far away, and then a little older thinking by 2010 I would have this, or that, or the other thing over there. 10 years seems like a stupendously long…
“This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispin Crispian shall...”
– Shakespeare, Henry V
(for some obscure reason, my favourite few lines of the Bard.)
Scott Adams on Sweden →
Scott Adams, on Sweden and the technicality that they’re attempting to hook Julian Assange on:
I am always amused by the strange impact of unintended consequences. Julian Assange simply wanted…
Michael Jordan advises LeBron James →
god-daaaayuum, that’s a message for lebron no doubt
Deadfoot →
How Stuxnet inflitrated and frustrated Iran’s nuclear program:
At Natanz, for almost 17 months, Stuxnet quietly worked its way into the system and targeted a specific component — the frequency…
November 2010
11 posts
The Economics of Seinfeld →
The basics of economic theory, explained through Seinfeld episodes. Brilliant! (or, y’know, that economics, a science of human behaviour, is reflected through stories told through observations about…
November →
It’s November 2010.
Motherf—-
No, time to ease up on the swearing, and admit that this year got out of hand. Hell, these last 18 months have just been a bit of a rollercoaster ride, ever since…
Twenty-First Century Stoic -- From Zen to Zeno:... →
“Stoics… valued tranquillity, and by tranquillity they had in mind not the kind of numbness that can be attained by downing a third martini, but instead the absence of negative emotions, such as…
October 2010
5 posts
Making Ignorance Chic - NYTimes.com →
Yes, yes, yes, a thousand times yes. Please can we reverse this trend?
FTFF →
If you know the FTFF acronym, you’ll know exactly why I’m posting this today.
If you don’t, I suspect this post will be largely irrelevant. Feel free to wander over to somewhere you get some damn…
Matthew Yglesias » Pakistan’s Incentives →
Matthew Yglesias on the perverse incentives the US is giving for Pakistan to fight the Islamic militants on its Afghan front:
“Our current policy, after all, is to give the Pakistani military a lot…
Put This On • Q and Answer: Should My Pants Have... →
Good reference post.
September 2010
2 posts
America Is a Joke →
Great, great profile of Jon Stewart behind the scenes of the Daily Show.
Retinal detachment: look out for the signs -... →
Geebus this sounds scary/
August 2010
12 posts
Technology Review: Radical Opacity →
Interesting article on Christopher “moot” Poole, the culture of 4chan and its role in the wider internet.
HTML5 Peeks, Pokes and Pointers →
Getting What They Deserved →
I’d say I’m not surprised that we ended up with a hung parliament given the disgraceful campaign we just had, but I’d be lying; the truth was I was expecting more would be swayed by Abbott’s message…
Election 2010 →
It says a lot for this election that I’ve waited until Election Day to say anything about it that goes beyond 140 characters. It has really been that kind of election campaign – a dearth of…
Credit where credit's due: Australia's fiscal... →
A strong coherent argument on why Labor had a part to play in the recovery of the Australian economy through 2009-10.
Saturday Throwback: Save Money on Seasonings -... →
Hamer Oration 2010: Ross Garnaut →
Ross Garnaut’s speech on Climate Change, China Booms and Australia’s governance struggle in a changing world. Bit of a slog but should be required reading for the hacks on Parliament Hill
Google never removed Oracle from its index -... →
Some investigation into the whole “Oracle removed!” claim, which was utter tripe.
Designing the new Campaign Monitor iOS icons →
July 2010
6 posts
Falling down the miners' shaft →
More on the shift in Australian politics, and the complicity of the media in this change of attitudes - great writing here from Jennifer Tingle
Cool Tools: The Best Magazine Articles Ever →
The politics-media death spiral →
Australian politics has become a choice of picking between off-white and beige parties recently, and here’s some idea as to why the ideology has been leeched out of the system.
Snake bursts after gobbling gator →
Python bites off waaaaaaaay more than it can chew.
Part-Human, Part-Machine Transistor Devised :... →
… just waiting now for the Ghost-in-the-Shell style man-machine interface
June 2010
7 posts
iOS Icons Made in Pure CSS →
Bloody hell, CSS3 + WebKit is getting pretty damn advanced…
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