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 »]
Anyone still not got a gmail account ?
Google are ramping up their gmail service, and have allowed people to invite a lot more people in to start using it – so if there’s anyone out there who still hasn’t got a gmail account and would like one – just post a comment on my blog here with your full name and email … [Read More »]
The Information Machine
For the history buffs… this movie, The Information Machine was developed for the IBM Pavilion at the 1958 World Fair in Brussels. Cute. (via Grady Booch)
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