Category Archives: Social
Out of order ATM
Sorry, this machine is temporarily out of service Doesn’t it really annoy you finding an ATM that is not working? First the banks charge you for using someone else’s ATM, then you find their ATM broken so you have no … Continue reading
Which anti filter group should you belong to?
One of the big problems is the anti filter campaign at the moment is its divided front. There is no clear leader giving direction to the campaign. The No Internet Censorship site, run by the Australian Democrats, has an interesting … Continue reading
And on the 8th day…
And on the 8th day God created the Internet Filter. Commanding ‘Thou shall have no other Internet before me’.
Conroy’s Christmas present, Internet censorship #nocleanfeed
Stephen Conroy has delivered his Christmas present early, ISP level Internet filter. Tuesday afternoon the government announced that was giving the green light to its controversial censorship plan. And Conroy stated that we can look forward to legislation being introduced … Continue reading
Abbot to de-legalise abortion, then remove no fault divorce?
I was thinking about Tony Abbott’s recent appointment as leader of the Liberal party. Apart from his dislike of the ETS (we just need dykes like the Netherlands), and the fact Abbott doesn’t know what peak oil is, his policies … Continue reading
Are you feeling Green, or Yellow, or Blue?
I saw this collection rubbish bins in Ultimo. With Green, Yellow and Blue lids. These days many local governments garbage collection services come with different bins for different types of rubbish. Of the bins below: green is actually general rubbish; … Continue reading
Hollywood needs a Push
I occasionally peruse the Apple movie trailers or HD Trailers sites to see what movies I can look forward to seeing. At the beginning of the year I remember seeing a trailer for Push. Looked interesting. Start with psychics, mix … Continue reading
They multiplied like, park benches…
First there was one, then there were two, and now it seems their number is to increase to four. The park benches are multiplying like binary numbers. As much as I could tell, from talking to the council workers setting … Continue reading
And then there were two…
Back in July two concrete slabs were poured in Gladstone Park, then one was removed before it got its park bench. Well, it seems they did want two after all. A new seat has appeared in the last week or … Continue reading
OZ Internet filters insufficient to filter politicians
Parents are worried about their children looking at the Australian Prime Minister’s or Oppositions Leader’s web site, when they should be finding out about pop stars. Worried about the bad influence this could have, their children growing up to be … Continue reading