Monthly Archives: May 2011

Horse herpes outbreak forces rodeo queens to ride stick ponies

via ksl.com I’m not sure there’s anything one can add to this story. Talk about self-inflicted ridicule… via @OneFootTsunami

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Literally Unbelievable » “really a free parrot really?”

via literallyunbelievable.tumblr.com So much stupied in so few words.

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Children who run slowly and crash into things…

It’s been a whole year of hearing how the Android tablets that were just around the corner were going to be iPad killers, because they would run Flash and Flash is Internet video, you know, and consumers love Flash so … Continue reading

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There are barn finds and there are barn finds: JP-481

The second of the three Detroit built 48-215 prototypes has turned up in Victoria. It’s unrestored, original and still runs! Discovery of missing link in Holden history: a special FX masterpiece (SMH Drive). BEHIND a small white garage door at the end … Continue reading

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Rapturing One’s Spleen

Lots of talk about the Rapture doing the rounds, but here are two discussions from different viewpoints that are worth your time. First, David Silverman, an atheist: http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/19/my-take-doomsdayers-show-what%e2%80%… Secondly, Centre for Public Christianity director John Dickson, quoted in an ABC … Continue reading

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Link: On journalism and fish milkshakes (ABC Drum)

You could almost say it is the key insight of the social media age: that politics cannot be understood separately from the way in which it is reported. And if that is the first, then the second key insight of … Continue reading

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Joe – your economic credentials are showing.

Joe Hockey gave his Budget Reply address at the National Press Club yesterday. The best you can say is it wasn’t as bad as last year, where he failed to outline the Budget cuts that Tony Abbott had said he … Continue reading

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A pity, really

This would be a far more interesting poll if it was scientific. From an article about Stephen Hawking in today’s Sydney Morning Herald

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jQuery Visual Cheat Sheet 1.6 – woorkup.com

via woorkup.com If you are a lover of jQuery, you should definitely have this document nearby. Awesome work by Antonio Lupetti.

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Jane Corwin’s Internet Fail (via TIME/Swampland)

Jane Corwin has an Internet problem. The Republican candidate in the May 24 special election in New York’s 26th Congressional District — the seat vacated by the resignation of Craigslist Congressman Chris Lee — has a sleek campaign website at … Continue reading

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