"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails." —William Arthur Ward
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Scary stuff
http://www.smh.com.au/world/cyber-attack-on-us-grid-20090409-a0zb.html#
Cyber attack on US grid
- April 9, 2009
CHINESE and Russian cyber spies have hacked into the US electricity grid and inserted programs that could be used to disrupt the system, a report says.
Quoting unidentified intelligence sources and homeland security officials, The Wall Street Journal said cyber spies penetrated the system repeatedly last year, but did not disrupt it. "The Chinese have attempted to map our infrastructure, such as the electrical grid," the paper quoted an intelligence official as saying.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Welcome to NZ
Good ole NZ - have a read and a chuckle
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25307374-12377,00.html
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25307374-12377,00.html
Monday, April 6, 2009
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Antarctic ice shelf breaks up
(Source: News.com.au)
AN ice bridge which had apparently held a vast Antarctic ice shelf in place during recorded history shattered yesterday and could herald a wider collapse linked to global warming, a leading scientist said.
"It's amazing how the ice has ruptured. Two days ago it was intact," David Vaughan, a glaciologist with the British Antarctic Survey, said of a satellite image of the Wilkins Ice Shelfon the Antarctic Peninsula.
THE PRICE OF TEA IN CHINA
Tea Prices Likely to Rise as Techies Switch From Coffee to Tea
Wired has an article that says tea is the new coffee and reports that today's web 2.0 crowd is on a tea drinking binge. The article also says that today's influential young Web 2.0 millionaires are drinking expensive imported teas. The article says Digg founder Kevin Rose imports $1,000 a month worth of specialty tea for Digg employees.
Wired has an article that says tea is the new coffee and reports that today's web 2.0 crowd is on a tea drinking binge. The article also says that today's influential young Web 2.0 millionaires are drinking expensive imported teas. The article says Digg founder Kevin Rose imports $1,000 a month worth of specialty tea for Digg employees.Only in Sydney
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Early Coffee
Shot of Robyn taken at our favourite, 'hole-in-the-wall' cafe en route to work sometime last week. Looks pretty dark outside with the changing season.
Friday, April 3, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009
EARTH HOUR - THE MOVIE
We observed Earth Hour on the deck - was interesting to see before and after pics showing our neighbourhood plunged into relative darkness.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Melbourne Morning After
After a heavy night at our favourite Italian restaurant, we were forced to innovate to survive:
Melbourne South Bank
video clip from recent trip to Melbourne - a perfect evening along the river Yarra.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Architecture that Inspires
We are really enjoying the huge range of Melbourne's architecture on display, with this visit. Every turn leads to a new exciting vista and contrasting styles. You dare not walk without looking up for fear of missing out.
Holding the Purse Strings
Only In Australia
A Canberra family's had a rude awakening after a kangaroo crashed through a bedroom window and terrorised its unsuspecting occupants.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Saturday, February 28, 2009
FOSSIL FOOTPRINT
(Source: The Economist)
Homo erectus had a manly gait
Science
THIS footprint is part of one of two series of fossil tracks found recently in Kenya in rocks that are 1.5m years old. It is thought to have been made byHomo erectus, an ancestor of modern Homo sapiens. As the name suggests, Homo erectus is known from its skeleton to have walked upright, but the details of its gait could, in the past, be inferred only from bones, rather than being studied more directly. The new tracks, reported in Scienceby Matthew Bennett of Bournemouth University, in Britain, and his colleagues, confirm that Homo erectus walked heel-to-toe as a modern human does, rather than with the ape-like gait of its own ancestors, the australopithecines.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Friday, January 23, 2009
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Video - Penguin escapes killer whales
VIDEO: A penguin makes a daring getaway from some hungry killer whales by jumping into a tourist boat.
(Source: smh)
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Penguin escapes killer whales
2008-12-09 17:38:54
To view the entire video, click on: http://media.smh.com.au/?rid=44416&category=Viral%20Fever
Visit http://smh.com.au/video for updated local and world news and daily entertainment.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Saturday, January 3, 2009
somebody's sense of humour
spotted in sydney city, elizabeth Street. Someone has obviously taken a dislike to this upmarket menswear shop, called Vince Maloney & Co, and vandalised the rather expensive nameplate sign. Undoubtedly wrong from a moral perspective, but you have to admire the vision of the vandal, or am I the only one seeing this ?
city
Robyn and I spent today exploring some of the many cool buildings in Sydney cbd. This photo was taken in the historic Rocks precinct.
Friday, January 2, 2009
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