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Thanks Roger Monday 1 September 2008 I read last month, with some degree of sadness, that *Ebert and Roeper* [will end its run](http://bigscreenlittlescreen.
Starting this thing. Wednesday 27 August 2008 I heard about this from Guy Kawasaki’s blog ( http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2008/08/ycombinator-the.html)) and thought I’d give it a go, and put it though its paces.
My new rock band Wednesday 27 August 2008 I’ve always wanted to be in a band, and since I can’t sing or play an instrument, it’s gotta be a punk band.
The sea is large Wednesday 16 July 2008 XKCD Big sea Image unavailable. Image unavailable. imgs.xkcd.com Ha! (And this marks the first post on jurgen dot ca where I’m using the sni.
Notes on buying an iPhone Saturday 12 July 2008 As much as I’ve whined about Optus’ paltry data plans, they’re the best things going in this, the arse end of the world.
Vodafone – say it ain’t so! Wednesday 9 July 2008 Gizmondo Australia [has some leaked Vodafone pricing](http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/07/vodafone_puts_iphone_pricing_online_then_pulls_it_down.html) and it’s horrible. Makes Optus look good.
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.