The View from Eveleigh Street
Photo by the Sydney Morning Herald's Dean Sewell. There could be trouble ahead in Redfern. I can remember when, in search of affordable hotel accommodation...
Roses, artichokes and flies..
It's been an amazing spring here in New England. There's been a lot of good rain followed by warm weather, so the countryside looks fantastic--green...
FDR Redux
I don't often agree with observa, a frequent commenter on this and other blogs. However, I was struck with this comment on the Latho thread:...
What about the drug-crazed cyborgs?
Journalists everywhere are wringing their their hands about the consequences of Australia's ageing population. But why is it that they have left out the most...
Blogging – Local and Global…
There is a good review in the Guardian by Simon Waldman of Dan Gillmor's new book on the impact of blogging on journalism, We The...
“I can’t tell you what the game plan is but I’m sure it’s brilliant”
Well, it'll be an interesting day in Canberra tomorrow when the ALP Shadow Cabinet meets. Mark Latham, who increasingly finds himself subject to leadership destabilisation,...
I hate it when nightmares happen
Nightmares including SQL databases crashing, and the like. UPDATE- Everything seems to be back to normal. The SQL part of the server crashed, and I...