Oh, to be a kid nowadays. Thanks to the miracle of Atomic Power (or something like that) we have movies and TV shows, which far surpass what was available 30 years ago when I was a wee lad. OK, so maybe it’s not always progress, but there’s no doubt in my mind that the cartoons, for one thing, are a lot better than 30 years ago.
Last time I promised no more election talk. OK, and here’s the funny thing, it turns out that was a non-core promise.
Yes, I know, we’re all sick of talking about the election. The editorials are awash with theories as to why the ALP wrecked their train last Saturday. Alan Kohler’s explanation of the Keating government economic legacy seemed to resonate the most with me, but there are lots of others to choose from. From me though, just one more blog entry, I promise.
[Read more →]The Wife and I escaped to the gorgeous Hunter Valley this weekend, sans sprogs. 48 hours of guzzling wine and sleeping in, only interrupted briefly by our Civic Duty.
[Read more →]The del.icio.us “social bookmarking” webware continues to interest me. It’s quite a lot better than my previous post made it sound. My suggestion is to play with it a bit; set up an account and post some URLs. Then just navigate around the site to see what else you can find.
[Read more →]This rather uppity cyclist either has some pretty sophisticated machinery or has no idea what 2WD means. I report, you decide.
[Read more →]One of the constants about Internet access in Australia is that our Usenet news feeds suck. This is how it is now, and how it has always been. If you want to get a decent news feed you need to sign up to servers in the US.
[Read more →]You may be relieved to note that I am going to try not to post to girtby.net each Cool New Link that I come across. At least, not without some incisive and worthwhile commentarry. Or a dumb joke.
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