This morning Sydney was fog-bound, and The Other Andrew captured a great moment on pixels. By the time I got to the city, while it was still only about 16C, the sun had burnt off most of the cloud. This is all that remained.
100 Random Thoughts
It’s been a while since my last essay. I want to write something substantial tonight. But I can’t choose, and I’m too tired! So here’s 100 Random Thoughts, in order. An essay of some kind, perhaps…?
Even simpler than Google
Ian Lloyd has put together a quick index to all of Google. Thanks to Jan Whitaker for the pointer.
The Secret: shite
I half-caught The Chaser doing a review of The Secret just now, that book-DVD-magic-answer-to-everything phenomenon. To put it bluntly, if you believe that simplistic slogan-driven trite will suddenly solve all of your problems for you, you’re an idiot. The world is complicated. And you need to make an effort.
Not “Projections 2007†but a cat
I was going to tell you about Projections 2007 — a photography competition whose finalists were shown tonight at the Chauvel Cinema. Billy Law’s “Pumping Iron” series was one of them, and there was some very cool stuff indeed.
But… the Projections 2007 website still reads as if tonight hasn’t even been planned yet, and the only details online are the event announcement. So there’s no pretty pictures to link to and rant about.
So instead I’m going to tell you about the cats.
I’ve already descended to the level of blogging about pets by telling you that Artemis caught a Noisy Miner. So this week you need to know about Apollo and the chillies (pictured at left). But I won’t bother with a detailed story because such domestic trivia is really, really boring.
Suffice it to say that I wanted the freshly-harvested chillies — from our own garden! — to stay in the white bowl. Apollo had other ideas. Four times. And I took a picture.
Now you really do need to bow down before me and worship me as your god.
Who uses printed phone directories?
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?