by phoenix | Apr 23, 2008 | Uncategorized
I proudly present:My first published paper in a peer-reviewed journal. (Download the 450Kb PDF). Mine’s the second paper.It took a while, but this is my Masters thesis, summarised at breakneck speed in a backyard in Cupertino. I must admit...
by phoenix | Apr 19, 2008 | Uncategorized
This weekend, Australia is getting together, via a large number of community representatives, and having an enormous discussion about our future. It’s one of those grand democratic gabfests that you dream about when you’re a young...
by phoenix | Apr 14, 2008 | Uncategorized
From the Yemen Times via silverblue:[Eight year old] Nojoud Muhammed Nasser arrived at court by herself on Wednesday, April 2, looking for a judge to handle her case against her father, Muhammed Nasser, who forced her two months ago to marry Faez Ali Thamer,...
by phoenix | Mar 16, 2008 | Uncategorized
My faithful iCal has reminded me that at 2pm today, Sunday 16th of March, the Palm Sunday Peace Rally will take place starting from the State Library in Melbourne. A good time to pull out the new “make coffee, not war” T‑shirt from the little coffee shop that...
by phoenix | Mar 8, 2008 | Uncategorized
It’s the strangest thing. Here we are in 2008. One in three Australian women is still the subject of domestic violence. There’s yet another woman in a Muslim country on death row for being caught in a video with a man who wasn’t her husband – she’s...
