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I don't even want the paper format!
Dear journal publishers,
Two weeks? This is the age of instant gratification. Get with the times! Thank you.
Nathan
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Fin Review: hypertext in print
"To fight the global debt dragon, turn to page 14. Or, to continue reading this article, turn to page 43."
Am I the only one who thinks the Australian Financial Review is a bit like a Choose Your Own Adventure book? -
Instant downpour
What timing! Just as I pulled up at the outer-most fuel pump, it started. Instant downpour. The type that soaks through jeans and leather boots in seconds. It started before I got out of the car, fortunately, so I was able to get my raincoat and only get drenched from the waist down ( Read more... ) -
November
Just who is this "Nelly" person, anyway? -
Clowns are scary...
So... was this children's entertainer aware of John Wayne Gacy when he called himself "Pogo the clown"?
And, for that matter, what about this disturbing little clown bear from Beanie Kids? -
Monday morning, 2am...
There's something drastically wrong with waking up earlier than you'd often get to sleep. Yup. Off to a great start, this week. Sigh. -
Hamlet auditions
I eventually decided to talk myself into auditioning for Hartwell's upcoming season of Hamlet. Though I personally tend focus more on dialogue than on movement, I did quite enjoy this audition and the refreshingly different approach taken by the director, Phoebe Taylor ( Read more... ) -
Location, location, location
Thanks to some local displays, I did actually see fireworks for New Year's. And thanks to proximity, I didn't entirely miss out on the 11-minute extravaganza in Melbourne, either. Most notable was the sound: from here in Glen Iris, it sounded like either a really punctual thunderstorm or a very late Grand Prix. Actually, the addition of the ( Read more... ) -
Out of sight, out of mind (delicious reading list)
Possibly my most used tag on Delicious is "ToRead". I love it. I can mark all these things that I really, really want to read, then come back later and read them ( Read more... ) -
Song of the day: L-A-C-H-L-A-N
I've not heard of Your Wedding Night or their songs before, but I turned on the radio at just the right moment to hear a live version of this fun little girl rock number, and now I'm going to have these lyrics running through my head all night:
So if it's a rocking,
Then don't come a knocking,
'Cause I will be fucking,
The hotness of Lachlan.
Who ( Read more... )