Tag Archives: sydney-morning-herald

Mice starting to win in the Beijing blogosphere

Mice starting to win in the Beijing blogosphere – World – smh.com.au.
I’m always fascinated reading these stories of Chinese bloggers.  I’m hoping they are the driving force for change.

Nightmare ends for teacher in pop-porn case

Nightmare ends for teacher in pop-porn case – web – Technology – smh.com.au.

Opal miner stumbles on mega meteorite crater

Opal miner stumbles on mega meteorite crater – BizTech – Technology – smh.com.au.
A use for Google Earth.

Put granny in the pool to solve housing shortage

Put granny in the pool to solve housing shortage – National – smh.com.au.
April 1st came early this year.  Obviously this is a joke.

Heat rises over UK’s web map of fascists

Heat rises over UK’s web map of fascists – web – Technology – smh.com.au.
An interesting story where the British National Party’s leaked membership list was mapped using Google Maps.  Interesting questions about privacy…
Update: Leaked list outs Aussie fascist supporters

A Map of Broken Promises

KEEPING TRACK.
A Map of Broken Promises from the Sydney Morning Herald’s website – an interactive map of cancelled rail lines.  This state government is very good at making announcements – not so good at paying for them.

Digihub says “I don’t want anymore Facebook friends!” – I disagree

So I’m surfing through Sydney Morning Herald’s website, checking in on the local news and I notice this on one of those “Most Popular in Technology” links:
“Too many facebook friends?” I don’t want any more so-called high school ‘friends’ trying to add me on facebook!
Well, here’s my reflections on the topic:  Rin had a Facebook [...]

Net censorship plan backlash

Net censorship plan backlash – BizTech – Technology – smh.com.au.
Stephen Conroy lies like a dog.  So yesterday in Question Time he refuses to retract his statement that this filter is already in place in countries like Canada – a bold faced lie; an untruth to mislead the public.
It’s not just that this Labor Government has [...]

Update: Petrol now only an arm and half a leg.

Sydney petrol prices slashed.
$1.169/L this morning at Prestons.

Plan for new Maldives homeland

Plan for new Maldives homeland. (BBC Story)
Maldives to buy new homeland as sea levels rise. (SMH Story)
What a scary world we live in when the President of a country offers this as solution to a global environment problem: we’ll all just move.