Blogs

Dear Optus Friday 4 July 2008 I see you’ve acquired a sense of humour! How wonderful. The hilarious email you sent out this arvo with your iPhone pricing is one of the best pieces of humour writing I’ve had the pleasure of reading in recent memory.
One difference between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs Friday 27 June 2008 There’s an [old memo from billg](http://gizmodo.com/5019516/classic-clips-bill-gates-chews-out-microsoft-over-xp) making its rounds through the tubes lately, and it’s very interesting for a few reasons.
Truth in scamming Tuesday 24 June 2008 I’ve had the same basic email address for about 15 years now, and in my misspent youth, I was doing some fairly unsafe things with it (the Internet wasn’t evil then!
Followup: The Local Taphouse Sunday 15 June 2008 Last night, I wrote [a quick review of the Local Taphouse](http://jurgen.
Review: The Local Taphouse, St Kilda Sunday 15 June 2008 Excellent beer selection. Lots of interesting beers on tap – some not available anywhere else.
They’re coming! Friday 6 June 2008 The WWDC keynote happens very early Tuesday morning, our time. MacRumo(u)rs: Australian Resellers Receive Mysterious Boxes, Not to Open
Womadelaide reviews Tuesday 3 June 2008 A few weeks ago, I got a comment on my Womadelaide page from a nice guy named Dave, who is documenting the Womadelaide festivals on his site.
They never learn. Wednesday 28 May 2008 Remember a year or so ago when Telstra relaunched [sensis.com.au](http://sensis.com.au/) as “The Search Engine for Australians”?
Russia?? Monday 26 May 2008 I’m a fan of the Eurovision Song Contest. There, I said it.
My next next computer Tuesday 13 May 2008 My next computer will be whatever pro-level laptop Apple releases next.