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John Howard is an alien!

Stilgherrian — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:18:42 +0000

This sculpture of an alien, looking remarkably like John Howard, is currently on display at M.A.D. on Enmore Road.

Apple’s computer recycling weekend

Stilgherrian — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:45:09 +0000

If you’re in Sydney or Melbourne, there’s an opportunity to recycle your dead computers this month. Of course Apple has organised this after scathing criticism of their environmental record, but it will help reduce Australia’s mountain of computer waste.

Trash sculptures

Stilgherrian — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 13:17:10 +0000

I’ve been very serious today so the time’s come for something a little more light-hearted — sculptures of garbage that, when looked at from exactly the right angle, form a silhouette of the artists.

Thanks to Signal vs Noise for the link.

Who uses printed phone directories?

Stilgherrian — Tue, 15 May 2007 06:42:01 +0000

I just posted the following comment to Sensis, the Telstra-owned company which distributes the telephone directories in Australia. I’ll let you know if I get a response.

How do I stop receiving printed telephone directories?

We received Sydney’s “Inner West” Yellow Pages the other day. It reminded me that we haven’t used the printed telephone directories at all for at least the last two years. Each year we receive the new directories — and they sit unused, a total waste of paper.

Thanks in advance,

Stilgherrian

P.S. Why does your website contact form make “Title” and “Surname” required fields? A surname is not a required thing — don’t have one, for example — and titles are optional. Surely to receive feedback the only thing you need is some way of contacting the person if they want a response — say an email address.

When was the last time you used the White Pages or Yellow Pages on paper? What were you looking for? Has the time come to forget about printing these things anyway?