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• Conroy attacks BitTorrent: Ruins Australia online

  08 January 2009 in Internet, Politics

  [This article was first published in Crikey on Monday 5 January 2007, and the headline is theirs. Here it is for those folks too cheap-arsed to subscribe. I'll re-post my other recent Crikey material soon.]
  The biggest criticism of the Rudd government’s plan to centrally censor the internet — apart from it being ill-defined, secretive, a [...]

• Meeting the currawongs

  07 January 2009 in Enmore, Photography

  A family of pied currawongs lives next door. Beautiful, smart birds. Recently we’ve been leaving food out for them, and they’re happy to steal a few bites while keeping a wary eye for the cats.
  Today one of the parents brought two of the juveniles with it. While I didn’t get the camera in time to [...]

• So why do you watch Stilgherrian Live?

  03 January 2009 in Stilgherrian Live

  Stilgherrian Live is currently on summer break, but will return soon. My question to you today is: Why do you watch it?
  My plan is that when Stilgherrian Live returns in 2009 I’ll give you more of what you like and less of what you don’t like. Plus I’ll be getting the marketing sorted out, as [...]

• So, this is 2009…

  01 January 2009 in Notes, Personal

  So far, 2009 looks remarkably like 2008, but with more flies. I’m disappointed. Then again, I haven’t been outside yet. I have an urge to write a reflective piece like last year — though not an urge strong enough to overcome my inertia. I’ve already looked back at my predictions for 2008 and delivered His [...]

• Gname the Gnome!

  29 December 2008 in Stilgherrian Live

  If you’ve watched His Benevolence Stilgherrian’s Christmas Message then you’ll be familiar with this delightful creature. She needs a name.
  ’Pong found her at the local two-dollar shop, and things she was the only one there. However I’m certain there’s a factory in coastal China churning out vast numbers of the bare-breasted beauties, in serried ranks [...]