Monthly Archives: July 2008

Sonny Bill and the fiendish frogs

Posted on July 31, 2008 by Ken Parish

What a lot of nonsense has been talked about the defection to French rugby of rugby league star Bobby Sue Billy Jo Sonny Bill Williams!  First, the NRL isn’t going to succeed in getting an injunction to restrain Sonny Bill’s defection, … Continue reading →

Posted in Sport - rugby, Sport - Rugby League | 49 Comments

What’s ugly?

Posted on July 30, 2008 by Nicholas Gruen

Would you find lots of oval shaped stations popping up all over the place in your city an eyesore?  And they have advertising on them. Still, I reckon you wouldn’t.  You see they’re bike exchange stations and in Paris they’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Art and Architecture, Climate Change, Economics and public policy | 17 Comments

Desperately fishing for votes

Posted on July 30, 2008 by Ken Parish

The High Court’s decision earlier today in the Blue Mud Bay case sets the cat among the pigeons (or maybe the shark among the barramundi) a little over a week out from the Northern Territory election.  The Court has dismissed … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorised | 14 Comments

It’s the uncertainty stupid: Krugman slam dunk on carbon abatement

Posted on July 29, 2008 by Nicholas Gruen

Fresh from Krugman’s blog. As usual, it can’t be put much better.

Posted in Climate Change, Economics and public policy | 28 Comments

A new saving and payments system

Posted on July 28, 2008 by Nicholas Gruen

Here’s today’s column in the Financial Review. The interface between you and your bank used to be the branch. Today banks give your computer sufficient access to their computer over the net to let you do it all yourself. Reengineering … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and public policy | 43 Comments

Vale Randy Pausch

Posted on July 27, 2008 by Nicholas Gruen
Posted in History, Humour, IT and Internet, Life | 4 Comments

Max Mosley, Bondage and Civil Procedure

Posted on July 27, 2008 by Nicholas Gruen

I realise this is kind of missing the main news story in the recent court victory of Max Mosley – son of Oswald who was the leader of the British Union of Fascists.  (That’s not to say that Max should … Continue reading →

Posted in Law | 16 Comments