It is my sad duty to report — since no one else is saying so — that one of Australia’s long-running tech news mastheads is no more. ZDNet Australia is being shut down.
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Announcing Bond on Tuesday #BondOnTuesday
The other day I discovered that all of the James Bond films are on Prime Video and available free as part of an Amazon Prime subscription. There’s a good few I haven’t seen, so every Tuesday night starting tomorrow I’ll watch one. You can join me.
Continue reading “Announcing Bond on Tuesday #BondOnTuesday”REVEALED: Where is the Hill of Dead Pets?
My Twitter followers know that from time to time I tweet “Passing the Hill of Dead Pets”, but where is it? Back in February I set that question as a challenge, asking both WHERE and WHY, because I thought it’d be easy enough to work out. Finally, here’s the answer.
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The Australian parliament has finished its business for February 2022, and there’s likely to be just three more sitting days before the election is called. Here’s a list of legislation and inquiries that have been making their way through the system and which are relevant to my interests — and perhaps yours.
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If you follow me on Twitter then you’ve probably seen me tweet “Passing the Hill of Dead Pets”. But where is it? That’s SEKRIT. That’s for certain of us to know and you figure out. If you can be bothered, here are some clues.
Update 30 April 2022: The answer has finally been revealed, but you can still have a go because this post contains no spoilers.
Continue reading “A challenge: Where is the Hill of Dead Pets?”Why I’m moving off WhatsApp to Signal and Telegram
On 7 February 2021 I’m deleting WhatsApp from all my devices and using either Signal or, as my second choice for now, Telegram. You’ll have to find me there. Here’s why.
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