A small win for spelling and consistency in Glen Huntly
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Spaced out
Melbourne’s expanding fleet of low-floor trams are being allocated to tram routes that lack wheelchair-accessible stops, while accessible tram stops are being built on routes that have no low-floor trams. — The Age: New accessible tram stops not on the level for those most in need in Melbourne Let me present a prime example. This ... [More]
I get The Age delivered on weekends. On Saturdays in particular it’s good to lazily read its numerous sections in the morning. So I picked it up wanting to know who won the football last night: Richmond or Fremantle? I just want to know if I tipped it right. Sometimes they have the score on ... [More]
Where digital TV really fails is handling lots and lots of moving objects on screen at once. Look at these two grabs from last night’s ABC news. In the first, host Ian Henderson is shown. With little moving, the picture is very smooth — even with the slightly dodgy ABC blue screen. (See it bigger) ... [More]
I’m sure most men wish they could flick a switch to stop their facial hair growing. Yesterday, for the first time in well over a decade, I tried blade shaving. I had been pondering switching back from electric, since my Phillishave shaver’s rechargable battery is wearing out, and it needs a new blade and filter ... [More]
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A moron in Bourke Street
“No entry” signs? Lots of them? IT DOESN’T APPLY TO ME. Congratulations NOH-500, you are moron of the week. (Last Thursday, lunchtime)
Some great quotes from Lorraine Sommerfield in The Hamilton Spectator, Canada, on walking: “I watch people drive their children to every sport imaginable, to make sure they’re getting enough exercise. We’re idiots.” “Start walking to the gym — or perhaps instead of the gym.” “I don’t need to run out and buy a hybrid car ... [More]
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The truth behind cattlemen?
According to a sticker left on the glass partition of a now dis-used office at work, “Mountain cattlemen care for the high country.” The other week I was chatting to a friend about the issue of the Victorian Government banning livestock grazing from the Alpine National Park. Apparently the image of the mountain cattlemen — ... [More]
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Incredible dynamite
The Incredibles. Not very deep, but it’s a kids’ movie I suppose. Enjoyable though. Amazing luck on Saturday, the crap Kensington video shop actually had a non-mainstream title that I wanted to see. (Wow, even their web site is crap, blasting you with a stupid corporate jingle, and no mute button.) Napolean Dynamite. I was ... [More]
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Toner disaster
A couple of the blokes in the office today dared to try what I wouldn’t yesterday: to re-load the photocopier toner. I knew if I tried it I’d end up struggling with it for half an hour before scattering that lovely black toner all over the carpet. So I went and did my photocopying on ... [More]
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Different spheres
At St Kilda Beach Lazing on the pier at St Kilda Beach on a sunny holiday afternoon Music is one of those things which is greatly enhanced when it’s a shared cultural experience. A concert or a dance is much more enjoyable when not only you, but everyone else around you is familiar with the ... [More]
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Need your eyes tested?
Well it’s official: I’m a bit colour-blind. So now I have an excuse for all those hideous combinations of clothing I turn up to work in. And for putting such garish colours onto the Web pages I build. It was my sister who suggested I go to get my eyes checked. A good idea, since ... [More]