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• Episode 25 online!

  05 September 2008 in Stilgherrian Live

  Yes, Stilgherrian Live has returned, and last night’s episode of Stilgherrian Live Delta, episode 25, is online for your (re)viewing pleasure.
  I was grumpy because we started 40 minutes late. A technical fault at Ustream prevented people hearing the audio, so we just had to wait. I’m not good at waiting. I was rude. Sorry.
  Still, when [...]

• Stilgherrian Live returns tonight

  04 September 2008 in Notes, Stilgherrian Live

  A quick reminder: Stilgherrian Live returns tonight at 9.30pm Sydney time. It’s a new one-hour format, and the Ustream link may change if I drop the “alpha”, so start looking at stilgherrian.com/live.

• Who do you nominate for “Cnut of the Week”?

  03 September 2008 in Stilgherrian Live

  Stilgherrian Live, my live Internet program, returns tomorrow night, and I need nominations for this week’s “Cnut of the Week”.
  If you missed the last two episodes, well, the segment “Cnut of the Week” is dedicated to the memory of King Cnut the Great, also known as Canute, a Viking ruler of England and Denmark, and [...]

• Links for 31 August 2008 through 03 September 2008

  03 September 2008 in Daily Links

  Stilgherrian’s links for 31 August 2008 through 03 September 2008, small in number but big in quantity:

  Victorian Railways’ Telegraph Code Book | Railpage Australia: Yes, it’ what it says: the code book used by Victorian railways for sending telegraphic messages. Arum = Trucks loaded with timber.
  He Said It First | YouTube: This 2.5-minute movie is [...]

• A Metal to Drag Transformation

  30 August 2008 in Arts

  Q: What do these two people have in common? A: They’re the same person!
  The wonderful musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch is about to embark on an Australian tour. Melbourne metal performer Ezekiel Ox is performing the title role and, as this sequence of photos shows, the transformation was amazing.
  Hedwig and the Angry Inch plays [...]