The last time I was too lazy to post (most of 2007) I did manage a list of what I read that year. Well guess what… “Econobabble” by Ric...

The bees are dying. They’ve died off before, but not in my lifetime. As far as we know, their deaths aren’t related to climate change, but i...

Just in case you’ve been living under a rock I’ll summarise the situation: February 22, 2011 : the Christchurch Earthquake kills 185 peop...

On Thursday afternoon, by an incredible coincidence, I finished two very long books that I have been reading for a very long time. They ar...

Peter Jackson’s adaptations of Tolkien’s works are equations in which addition and subtraction are crucial. In The Lord of the Rings , Ja...

Doctor Who’s back on ABC this Saturday. Of all my nerdish predilections, sci-fi is the one I can’t refuse, and so I’ll watch, but I won’t e...

Perhaps I’m just being contrary here, but I’m starting to think the whole slow food, home-grown, organic thing is a bit of a beat up. Perha...

Earlier this year the former Chief of the Australian Army, Lieutenant General Peter Leahy, suggested that the Department of Defence's a...

Today is the Winter Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere. It is a dislocated solstice. My ancestors, for hundreds of thousands of years, hu...

Apple PO Box A2629 Sydney South NSW 1235 Wednesday, July 1 2009 To Whom It May Concern: I am writing to express my dissatisfaction wi...

Seeing as I’ve posted nothing since August it’s perhaps time to explain myself. As usual I’ve been reading instead of writing because I’m ba...

I thought I should try and post something before the end of July since it’s been many months now since I tacked anything up here. My last mi...

There’s a lot a debate about water use in Australia at the moment. Should we drink recycled water? Should we build a desalinization plant? T...