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One for the arachnophobes... not.
This is a picture of a spider that is very common in Australian houses ( Read more... ) -
In search of a word...
I need a word, which I doubt has ever been coined ( Read more... ) -
Damn.
I just found out Noel Bon died ( Read more... ) -
Back from the calcite mines...
We took a short trip to Jenolan Caves with the kids. The Caves were great, we did 3 cave tours (all caves we hadn't seen on our previous trip). The kids have asked to go again, for longer ( Read more... ) -
Rodents of Unusual Size...
Linkses
1) A huge rodent skull, suggesting it came from an animal weighing about a tonne, has been found. What else are you going to call it?
2) Gah! My brain-scan is showing a blue screen of death! -
The death of the Pacific Solution
I missed this one. Either I've missed a lot of news lately (and some days I have), or the media just didn't even think it was worth making headlines about.
One of the great shames of Australian politics was the so called "Pacific Solution".
(For those playing at homes other than Australia - if that name sounds really ominous, the reality came ( Read more... ) -
Finally some postal votes counted in Bennelong
Looks like a bit over half the postal votes are up ( Read more... ) -
Voting - when is there a point?
See this article, which discusses the value of voting (in that case, in presidential elections, but the argument can be adapted more widely ( Read more... ) -
Meanings change...
Google n. A device for pointing at Wikipedia pages.