The other day I went to shave using my Braun Synchro electric shaver, and found it rougher than usual. I figured it was just me. The day after I shaved again and when almost done – trying to get those last few pesky hairs on my neck, my shaver cut me quite badly. That’s never … [Read More »]
Archives for February 2005
WordPress v1.5 “Strayhorn” released
Looks like the latest release of WordPress v1.5 “Strayhorn” has been released. WordPress is the software I use to run this blog. I’ll have to have a bit of a play tomorrow (it’s way too late now to be starting this kind of thing) – and see if I’m going to be able to upgrade … [Read More »]
Furphy
And now for something a bit lighter … A colleague tried to use the word furphy in an email today – but complained that he wasn’t sure how it was spelt (furfy, furfee ?), and couldn’t find any references in the dictionary or thesauruses. I knew what he was trying to say – a furphy … [Read More »]
MSF: Shunning greed in times of disaster
I am a regular financial supporter of Medecins Sans Frontieres Australia (MSF), and today I received their monthly newsletter and activity report in the mail. I read with interest the editorial by Pilippe Couturier, the Executive Director of MSF, entitled “Why did we have to suspend our emergency fundraising appeal for the survivors of the … [Read More »]
Battlestar Galactica
The miniseries remake of Battlestar Galactica is on tonight !! Yay. I remember fondly the movies from the 1970’s (poor cousins to Starwars that they were), and then the television series of the 80’s. Part 1 is on tonight – channel 10, 8:30pm and part 2 is tomorrow night at 8:30pm. I saw bits of … [Read More »]