02/07: Homeless in Subiaco
I wrote the following letter to the Prime Minister (and five other politicians), about a homeless man I met in Subiaco. I'll post the letters today, and if and when these people respond, I'll blog about their responses too. Stay tuned!
Now, the letter....
Now, the letter....
23/06: The Flat World
I'm reading the famout book The World Is Flat, by Thomas Friedman. He talks about the great "flatteners" that have changed the world over the past two decades.
When I was a kid, we played with sticks, balls and rubbish bin lids. Then came Pong, the Atari and the Commodore 64, and the world has never been the same.
21/06: Building a Hovercraft
The other day, as a science experiment, my son and I built a hovercraft. Obviously not a real one you can sit in, but a simple device that shows the principle of a hovercraft at work.
18/06: A False Dichotomy
I was reading this article, and especially, the comments that followed. The author was puzzled - why were atheists taking out advertisements to get their "message" across?
A friend from the United States asked me about Uluru recently. Uluru used to be called Ayers Rock, until its more correct name gained common usage.
05/06: A site on the edge of SEO...
Yahoo is doing something strange with my site on the world's largest animals.
15/05: Queathing?? Queaching!!
The latest scam email in my spam folder tells me that I'm lucky enough to share the same surname as some unfortunate individual who died, and whose next-of-kin died on the same day. Nothing new there, but then the scammer informs me
I lived in Malaysia for about 10 years, and I love the country. That's why the government's response to the Swine flu left a bitter taste in my soul.
30/04: Flu - A Rich Man's Disease?
If one takes a look at Google's map of the incidence of Swine Flu, one thing that's very clear is that there are almost no reported cases in Africa or Asia.