By Ben, on August 29th, 2010% I knew going into last weekend that it would be a busy one. Saturday morning I we were straight off to watch my nephew play soccer in the grand final. It was a tense game with neither team scoring and even after an extra 5 minutes each way they still couldn’t break each others defences so it . . . → Read More: The Epic Weekend – Part 1
By Ben, on August 26th, 2010% Those of you who still visit my blog, something I try to do myself occasionally, will have noticed there is a new advertisement on the right. Those of you who deign to read my musings via an rss reader (which is my preferred way of keeping up with sites) will also have noticed ads. After . . . → Read More: Google Adsense
By Ben, on August 25th, 2010% If you believe the media we have disastrous times ahead due to the election result but there are a number of ways to look at it.
Having a hung parliament, especially with the balance of power in the hands of non-party MP’s, is a good thing because parties will have to have good policies for . . . → Read More: The Benefits of Being Hung
By Ben, on August 18th, 2010% When I first heard about the National Broadband Network I was excited, and who wouldn’t be with 100Mb (which is magically turned into 1Gb) access for all? Then the details started to filter down and over time my excitement has diminished to the point where now I personally think the NBN is a mistake, at . . . → Read More: NBN
By Ben, on August 18th, 2010% Ars Technica posted an opinion piece today stating that Sony’s Playstation Move is better than Microsoft’s Kinect (link) which in itself wasn’t exactly eye-opening. What was interesting was the third comment, posted by ArcaneAmoeba:
For two players with 2 Move navigation controllers, I believe the price is far above Kinect. Even though Move has far . . . → Read More: The Console Wars Rage On
By Ben, on August 12th, 2010% I really love Q & A on the ABC so was surprised to see a special Q & A on last night after Dick Smith’s documentary about resource waste/management and population control. As usual they had a loudmouth on the panel, this time in the form of John Elliot, who with his tiny world view blathered over . . . → Read More: Q & A Dominates
By Ben, on August 11th, 2010% I got myself a job finally and it’s turned out quite nice. The company is sort of small and deals with software consulting, my role being support. The trip to work is about as long as I had feared but hasn’t turned out to be the nightmare I had imagined. Having an hour each way . . . → Read More: Life and Everything
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