Author Archives: Leefe
NBN awarded unto itself
Today the Australian government announced its decision on submission to build the new National Broadband Network. Telstra put itself out of the bid last year by putting in an incomplete submission. So who of the remaining tenders were to take … Continue reading
Papers get too much of you not getting enough
It has been interesting, though getting boring, to watch the banter about the latest book by Bettina Arndt, The Sex Diaries. It seems to have split people into two camps. All men are Liars has a post about The Sexless … Continue reading
Stephen Conroy Scope Creep
It was interesting to read that Stephen Conroy agrees that scope creep is a ‘legitimate point to raise’. Though he tries to duck any blame by pointing the finger at ‘parliamentary process for the possibility of the list expanding’. Just … Continue reading
Home Gruen
The Gruen Transfer started again on the ABC last Wednesday. As a result the Sydney Morning Herald had a number of articles on it. And reading Adversarial ad men (SMH, 17 March2009) confirmed a feeling that I got last year … Continue reading
The worst thing about moving is…
…lack of connection. And while they both are important, I am not just talking about the Internet or phone here. I moved back to Sydney a couple of weeks ago. Most stuff is still in boxes. Though we finally have … Continue reading
Closet Colourful (TypeTees slogan)
Since no one got the Japanese (not that I blame them with it being all in escaped html) I have added a new slogan to TypeTees in English. Closet Colourful Done as a black t-shirt with multi-coloured letters. Think goth … Continue reading
This search engine may harm your browsing
Well it looks like Google is fubar. Every search result has a This site may harm your computer. link under it. And they all link to a Warning – visiting this web site may harm your computer! page. All that … Continue reading
No Japanese slogans for TypeTees
Have you ever gone looking at Threadless? There are some nice T-shirts there. It is a community driven T-shirt site. People submit designs; they get voted on; and if the votes are enough they get their T-shirts printed (& US$2000). … Continue reading
TiTech at sunset
Tokyo Institute of Technology at sunset with a nice fan of clouds.
Across the platform
Looking across the platform at Shinjuku station, from a train on the ChÅ«Å-SÅbu Line to a packed train on the Yamanote Line.