Sydney (as well as other places) will have a partial solar eclipse today. The peak moment is 1534 Sydney time, though the moon will only take a small bite out of the sun.
Quote of the Day, 6 February 2008
Headline of the Decade, perhaps? “Police: Crack Found in Man’s Buttocks”. Who’d have thought. “Hagerstown, Md. (AP) — Police searching a downtown home found a man hiding 15 plastic bags of crack cocaine in his buttocks.” Hat-tip to Angus Wheaton.
Whoring my Bloggerati vote
Bloggerati is running a straw poll on who should go to the Australia 2020 Summit. Some people have been shameless whoring their vote link. So shall I. Click here to vote for me, using the “Vote” button when you get there. It isn’t part of any official process, but it might help someone summarise something, somehow.
“Tom Yum Goong Disease”
’Pong’s photos of the urban decay in Bangkok are much better than mine.
Even better commentary on Microsoft/Yahoo! merger
My commentary on a Microsoft/Yahoo! merger was sarcastic, but Fake Steve Jobs has even better visual imagery. “The Borg-Yahoo merger won’t work. Here’s why. It’s like taking the two guys who finished second and third in a 100-yard dash and tying their legs together and asking for a rematch, believing that now they’ll run faster.” And “Imagine a circus act in which two enormous, clumsy, awkward elephants that don’t really like each other are supposed to mate while riding on skateboards.” Hat-tip to Mark Pesce.
Fourth Middle Eastern comms cable cut
As a complete aside, it seems that a fourth communications cable has been cut, further degrading access to and from the Middle East. And the story linked to reckons it ain’t about ships’ anchors. Something’s up, it seems.