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Christopher Pyne, the pandering, simpering prince

Posted on 7 March 2012 | 7 responses

Christopher Pyne: “I think the sadness of Wayne Swan’s unbridled attack on people who have worked hard and done well and taken risks and invested their money [...]

Wikipedia: “Georgina “Gina” Hope Rinehart [...] is the heiress of Hancock Prospecting and the daughter of the late mining magnate Lang Hancock and Hope Margaret Nicholas.

Rinehart was involved in a protracted legal battle with her stepmother, Rose Porteous, over the circumstances that led to the death of Hancock, and the distribution of his estate.

Rinehart first appeared on the 1992 BRW Rich 200 list [...] following the death of her father earlier that year.”

Worked hard and taken risks and invested their money? One of the fatcats inherited almost all of it through an acrimonious inheritance battle. The other fatcats have done bugger all other than dig shit out of the publicly-owned ground, profiting from the poorly-constructed royalty scheme as commodity prices soar. It’s not genius. It’s not even that risky.

Just build it already

Posted on 16 February 2012 | No responses

Sydney needs a second airport. As an inner-westie, I feel we should share the aircraft noise love. There’s a perfectly good, flat bit of reserved land out at Badgery’s creek which is ready to go. People have been aware for 30 years that an airport might be built, so pretty fair warning.

There I fixed it.

The tiniest computer!

Posted on 16 November 2011 | 1 response

Can you believe this is a fully functional PC?

It’s got an Atom Z530 1.6GHz CPU, 1GB RAM, 250GB HDD, 2 gigabit ethernet ports, wifi, etc. etc.

This tiny little amazing computer is called the fit-PC2i, and I just ordered one with Mint Linux on it. Whee!

Let the furious justification begin!

Posted on 18 October 2011 | 2 responses

So I went out and got that new phone… it really is quite fast.

The best camera is that good one you have that you remember to bring

Posted on 6 October 2011 | 2 responses

Sure, the best camera is the one you have with you. But phone cameras, wonderfully ever-present as they are, really can’t hold a candle to a decent point and shoot.

Here’s a picture of my window just now with an iPhone 4 (click for bigger):

Here’s that same picture again, with my point and shoot – exactly the same lighting (click for bigger):

Here’s a 100% crop of the iPhone:

And here’s a 100% crop of the point and shoot (click for bigger):

So why do I keep forgetting to take my freaking point and shoot with me? IT FITS IN MY POCKET!!

argh.

The new poor my arse

Posted on 27 June 2011 | 3 responses

Tony Abbott:

The next Coalition government will build on the Howard legacy of reducing personal income taxes for everyone and especially delivering a fair go for middle income families with children.

As I said in my maiden speech and have been repeating ever since, middle income families with children are Australia’s new poor.

Mate, Australia’s middle income families with children live in horrible monstrosities like this one out in the west of Sydney.

They’re not poor, Tony. They’re middle income families in one of the wealthiest nations on earth.

Here is a picture of the neighbourhood of Australia’s new poor. Funnily enough, they’re Australia’s old poor too. They never went away, you know.

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