Archive for category Computing
#QantasLuxury
Today, just a day after the failure of industrial negotiations between itself and the Unions, and with people still furious only three weeks after CEO Joyce gave the finger to its entire customer base, the Prime Minister and Australia generally, the Qantas social media uber-geniuses began a twitter campaign with the hashtag #qantasluxury, asking [...]
Posted: 22 November, 2011 in Aussie Citizenship, Australian Politics, Australian Values, comedy/humour, Computing, Economics, Internet, politics and government, values, Video.
Tags: Australian Politics, Australian Values, aviation, comedy, downfall, grounding, hashtag, Hitler, humor, humour, industrial relations, Joyce, lockout, politics, Qantas, qantasluxury, strike, tweet, twitter, unions, values
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Rupert Murdoch Protects Readers from Bullshit
In the aftermath of his very public News of the World disgrace¹, as Rupert displays the abject decency and compassion he so miraculously discovered, today he has gone even further. Rupert Murdoch is determined to protect us from drivel, lies, bias, distortion and bullshit. He has today selflessly erected a paywall around his “flagship” [...]
Posted: 24 October, 2011 in Aussie Citizenship, Australian Values, Computing, Culture, Economics, Internet, Life, Media, politics and government, US Politics, values.
Tags: Australian, bias, Courier Mail, government, Herald Sun, Hun, Media, murdoch, News Corp, News Limited, news of the world, NOTW, paywall, political bias, politics, Raiders of the Lost Ark, rupert, rupert murdoch, Steve McQueen, telegraph, terror
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facebook changes
A little perspective, perhaps, on the ongoing changes to facebook? If you want to know more about what is going on check out this roundup of facebook changes or this on how to enable your facebook Timeline
Posted: 24 September, 2011 in Blogging, comedy/humour, Computing, Culture, Internet, Life, Media, Technology, values.
Tags: facebook, facebook changes, humor, humour, privacy settings, social media, social network, timeline
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If Thy News of the World Offend Thee…
…pluck it out, and cast it from thee. – Mark 9, 47 You know … everyone knows … Rupert Murdoch is an evil genius. And this latest move is certainly worthy of his deep-seated amorality. If Murdoch believes in anything he believes in two things: nothing and money. His latest move is pure evil [...]
Posted: 9 July, 2011 in Aussie Citizenship, Australian Politics, Australian Values, Computing, Culture, Economics, Education, Media, politics and government, Religion, Technology, US Politics, values.
Tags: accountability, Ailes, australia, Australian cultural values, Australian culture, Australian religious values, Australian Values, belief, beliefs, bible, British justice, British politics, Brooks, BsB, BSkyB, business, cameron, Catholic, Chief Executive of News International, civil society, conservative, conservative politics, coulson, courts, Culture, Economics, Education, Emperor Palpatine, ethics, Fox, Fox News, government and media, greed, Guardian, hell, journalism, journalistic values, justice, law, leadership, Louise Casey, Mark, Matthew, Media, media values, Milly Dowler, money, morality, murder, murdoch, news, News Corp, News corporation, news international, News Limited, news of the world, newspaper, NoW, Palpatine, phone hacking, police, politics, politics and government, press, Rebekah Brooks, red top, Religion, religious values, responsibility, rupert murdoch, Scotland Yard, soul, Star Wars, values, voicemail
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NSW Politicians are Idiots and Slime
Sir Roger tells me he really didn’t want to have to write anything today. He has a new pair of Wellington boots and they are chafing his heels. He just wants to put his feet up and go to that nothing box men go to where women are not allowed. Perhaps this will help you [...]
Posted: 21 March, 2011 in Australian Politics, Australian Values, comedy/humour, Computing, Culture, Internet, Language, Life, Media, politics and government, Science, Sex, Technology, values, Video.
Tags: australia, Australian political values, Australian Values, birth of a word, brain, brains, connection, cultural values, Deb Roy, democracy, election, government, idiots, Labor, Labour, Language, learning, Liberal, mars, men, men's, mens brains, MIT, networking, NSW, NSW election, nsw election ads, NSW politics, O'Farrell, political values, politicians, politicians are idiots, politics, slime, social media, social network, technological values, technology, TED, values, venus, women, women's, womens brains
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Still The One
Sir Roger is not one to boast. But he felt it right to congratulate you, his cherished friend, on your taste, intelligence, discrimination and excellent choice
Posted: 12 February, 2011 in Australian Politics, Australian Values, Blogging, Computing, Culture, environment, Internet, Nature, politics and government, Science, Sport, values.
Tags: australia, Australian Values, Bing, Bob Correll, cetacean, Google, Immigration Department, Japan, Live, microsoft, Science, search engine optimisation, SEO, values, Values Australia, whales, Yahoo
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Julian Assange 60 Minutes CBS
Julian Assange interviewed for 60 Minutes. Presented without comment. Come to your own conclusions (or not) – about Assange, Wikileaks, the US media, whatever.
Posted: 31 January, 2011 in Aussie Citizenship, Australian Politics, Australian Values, Computing, Internet, legal, Life, politics and government, Technology, US Politics, values, Video.
Tags: 60 minutes CBS, american politics, Assange, assange 60 min, assange 60 minutes, Australian Politics, Ellsberg, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, government, hacking, Internet, Julian Assange, julian assange 60 minute, julian assange 60 minutes, law, legal, Pentagon Papers, political values, politics, US Politics, Video, whistleblower, whistleblowing, WikiLeaks
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Insidious Worm (No, not you, Tony)
This dreadful virus attacked Sir Roger’s computer just two nights ago.
Posted: 3 January, 2011 in comedy/humour, Computing, Internet, Life, Media, Technology, values, Video.
Tags: comedy, computer, Computing, credit card, credulous, gullible, humor, humour, Internet, Onion News, Onion News Network, Onion TV, Onion video, placebo, placebo band, power balance, rip-off, rort, scam, Science, scientific values, suckers, technology, technology values, The Onion, trojan, values, virus, web, worm
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David Cameron on Transparent Government
The similarity between British PM, David Cameron’s, statement on government transparency and Wikileaks’ current activity is delightful but he doesn’t get it.
Posted: 11 December, 2010 in Australian Politics, Australian Values, Computing, Culture, Economics, History, Internet, legal, Life, politics and government, Technology, values.
Tags: Act of Settlement, Australian political values, Australian Values, Britain, British political values, British Prime Minister, bureaucrats, cameron, Charles I, citizenship, constitutional monarchy, Cromwell, data, data transparency, David Cameron, democracy, dictatorship, double-dipping, English civil war, Enlightenment, female suffrage, Freedom of Information, Glorious Revolution, government, indigenous, indigenous Australians, information, Internet, Johnny Walker Blue, masters, monarchy, podcast, political values, politics, privacy, Roundheads, secrecy, servants, suffrage, taxation, taxes, transparency, transparent government, tyranny, UK, universal suffrage, values
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2010 – Google’s Short Version
Google has released the results of its zeitgeist survey of the most popular search terms for 2010. This is the video.
Posted: 11 December, 2010 in Australian Politics, Australian Values, Computing, Culture, Economics, History, Internet, Iran, Iraq, legal, Life, Media, Medicine, politics and government, Racism, Religion, Science, Sex, Sport, Technology, US Politics, values, Video.
Tags: 2010, Culture, Economics, events, Google, History, keywords, law, legal, Life, politics, popular search, search terms, Sport, Video, war, world, world trends, youtube, zeitgeist
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You Can’t Handle the Truth!
We keep thinking of Jack Nicholson. “You want The Truth? You can’t handle The Truth!” Do we really need to be kept in the dark and fed bullshit like mushrooms?
Posted: 8 December, 2010 in Aussie Citizenship, Australian Politics, Australian Values, Blogging, China and Tibet, Computing, History, Internet, Iran, Iraq, legal, politics and government, Sex, US Politics, values.
Tags: Amazon, Assange, Australian Politics, Australian Values, China Tiananmen, Clinton, daniel ellsberg, democracy, diplomacy, freedom of speech, GetUp, Gillard, Glenn Greenwald, Guardian, Hillary Clinton, Internet, Iran, Iraq, Jack Nicholson, John Howard, law, McClelland, political values, politics, ron paul, Rudd, Salon, truth, US Politics, Washington Post, WikiLeaks, you can't handle the truth
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Pentagon Fires Assange
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was asked to resign from his position as the Pentagon’s IT coordinator Monday.
Posted: 7 December, 2010 in Australian Politics, comedy/humour, Computing, Internet, Iraq, politics and government, Technology, US Politics.
Tags: Afghanistan, Assange, cablegate, humor, humour, Iraq, Pentagon, politics, WikiLeaks
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Woman Goes Back to Work after 30 Years
Woman Goes Back to Work after 30 Years. Watch carefully. 4 seconds only.
Posted: 15 November, 2010 in comedy/humour, Computing, fun, Life, Video.
Tags: back to work, carriage return, comedy, computer, employment, humor, humour, office equipment, PC, reemployment, secretary, technology, typewriter, typing, unemployment, work
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Child-driven Education: Sugata Mitra on TED
Take a moment to be inspired and amazed by something incredible that is going to change your world and that you probably didn’t even know about.
Posted: 12 September, 2010 in Computing, Culture, Education, Internet, Life, Literature, Media, Science, values, Video.
Tags: africa, autodidact, children, collegiate, computer, Computing, Education, educational values, Google, group learning, hole in the wall, India, Internet, Language, learning, mentor, school, search engine, self-directed learning, Sugata Mitra, teacher, teaching, technology, TED, TED talks, terrorism, values
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That’s What She Said
From Onion News: Nation’s Girlfriends Unveil New Economic Plan: ‘Let’s Move In Together’, plus Police Slog Through Slutty Party Pics To Find Cause Of Dorm Fire
Posted: 11 September, 2010 in comedy/humour, Computing, Economics, Internet, Life, Media, politics and government, Sex, US Politics, values, Video.
Tags: boyfriend, cell phone, comedy, Computing, CSI, Economics, financial crisis, forensics, girlfriend, humor, humour, Internet, Life, living together, love, media values, mobile phone, moving in together, Onion, Onion News, party, phone, police, policing, recession, relationship, relationship values, Sex, social media, The Onion, twitter, values, Video, youtube
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