Archive for March, 2007

NSW State Election

Saturday, March 24th, 2007

Today is the NSW State Election day and I am still to find a compelling reason to vote either way. Both parties seem as much of a muchness in a lot of ways in terms of promises. For example, the Liberals will recycle Sydneys water effluent, whilst Labour offer to build a desalinization plant, the [...]

Rheindorf

Monday, March 19th, 2007

Last night I dined at Rheindorf restaurant in Beverley Hills. The food is excellent quality and the quantity is second to none. Pictured is the pork knuckle on a full sized dinner plate. That is literally as much meat as a standard chicken. The cost of the dish though is $20.50.
The size of the veal [...]

Ancient History

Sunday, March 18th, 2007

Tonight I was cruising the web and came across this piece of ancient history stuck in the Way Back Machine. The image is from version 1 of bL0gK33p3r. They were the days when I had time to create and maintain that CMS.

Total Failure

Thursday, March 15th, 2007

Sydney has once again suffered a third world service from City Rail. The North Shore line was halted due to the failure of overhead power lines on the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Three trains were stranded mid track, in fact two were within tunnels. The passengers were subjected to stifling conditions on these stricken trains [...]

Puppetry of the Inferior

Wednesday, March 14th, 2007

A puppet is any controlled character. It may be formed by a shadow, strings, by using a glove, by direct mechanical contrivance or electronic guidance. The last method is also termed as animatronics. Digital animated figures may also be hailed as puppets. Because they are often supplanted by physical puppets for closeups. Puppets moved by [...]