Vale Ted Lord

Ted Lord was a poet and com­munity-minded indi­vidual who hosted Dan O’Con­nell poetry on a Sat­urday for many, many years in Mel­bourne. I was sad this morn­ing to read of his death, although he’d had a long life and from what I can gather,...

Argh! The US on climate change

I have huge prob­lems with the idea of the G8. I don’t think there should be a ruling class like this making decisions for the rest of us. But when those decisions are good things, like rein­ing in the run­away idiocy of their cor­por­a­tions and trying to...

Tech envy

Doug was trying to make Aper­ture jump through hoops the other day and decided the busi­ness needed a faster machine. He went for a quick drive and came home with a MacPro with 4Gb RAM and 750Gb HD. Holy tamole. I am sooo envi­ous. Even if I do get...