Mai Me Arai

The Epic Weekend – Part 2

In Part 1 of my epic weekend I discussed Saturday, but Sunday was much more involved because we spent the day at the zoo.

I’ll admit I grudgingly dragged myself from bed early on Sunday so that we could get to the zoo when it opened. We’re talking me waking up on Sunday the same time I . . . → Read More: The Epic Weekend – Part 2

The Epic Weekend – Part 1

I knew going into last weekend that it would be a busy one. Saturday morning I we were straight off to watch my nephew play soccer in the grand final. It was a tense game with neither team scoring and even after an extra 5 minutes each way they still couldn’t break each others defences so it went . . . → Read More: The Epic Weekend – Part 1

Google Adsense

Those of you who still visit my blog, something I try to do myself occasionally, will have noticed there is a new advertisement on the right. Those of you who deign to read my musings via an rss reader (which is my preferred way of keeping up with sites) will also have noticed ads. After a . . . → Read More: Google Adsense

The Benefits of Being Hung

If you believe the media we have disastrous times ahead due to the election result but there are a number of ways to look at it.

Having a hung parliament, especially with the balance of power in the hands of non-party MP’s, is a good thing because parties will have to have good policies for them to . . . → Read More: The Benefits of Being Hung

NBN

When I first heard about the National Broadband Network I was excited, and who wouldn’t be with 100Mb (which is magically turned into 1Gb) access for all? Then the details started to filter down and over time my excitement has diminished to the point where now I personally think the NBN is a mistake, at least . . . → Read More: NBN

The Console Wars Rage On

Ars Technica posted an opinion piece today stating that Sony’s Playstation Move is better than Microsoft’s Kinect (link) which in itself wasn’t exactly eye-opening. What was interesting was the third comment, posted by ArcaneAmoeba:

For two players with 2 Move navigation controllers, I believe the price is far above Kinect. Even though Move has far better launch . . . → Read More: The Console Wars Rage On

Q & A Dominates

I really love Q & A on the ABC so was surprised to see a special Q & A on last night after Dick Smith’s documentary about resource waste/management and population control. As usual they had a loudmouth on the panel, this time in the form of John Elliot, who with his tiny world view blathered over others . . . → Read More: Q & A Dominates

Life and Everything

I got myself a job finally and it’s turned out quite nice. The company is sort of small and deals with software consulting, my role being support. The trip to work is about as long as I had feared but hasn’t turned out to be the nightmare I had imagined. Having an hour each way back . . . → Read More: Life and Everything

Playing Both Sides

Since I sent an email about the proposed internet filter to the local Labor rep it’s only fair to do the same to Liberal:

Hi Pat,

With the announcement of a federal election I am contacting you regarding the one policy that I am concerned about (for now) – the proposed internet filter.

I have been following this issue . . . → Read More: Playing Both Sides

Getting in Touch

I was handed a pamphlet regarding my national member at the train station this morning which had his email address on it, and some really tacky/corny photos of him with Julia Gillard meeting ‘the people’ (in hardhats!), so fired this off to him:

Hi Nick,

I received a small leaflet concerning your work in the Macarthur region, which is unusual . . . → Read More: Getting in Touch