Archive for February, 2007
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007
Rename Me
The name of this blog is terrible. It was the result of probably less than one minute of creative thought. So, I’d like to solicit your help in coming up with a better name, which, of course, will not be difficult. Please give me your suggestions!
9 Comments » - Posted in Nothing in particular by jangari
Tuesday, February 20th, 2007
Bayinguwa.
The QM2, that is, the Queen Mary 2, arrived in Sydney early this morning and I was a bit excited at the prospect of catching the ferry from Burragi (Bradley’s Head) to Warrang (Sydney Cove/Circular Quay) as I’d assumed they’d park the thing at Dalawulada (The International Terminal, Circular Quay). However, due to its unfathomable [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Nothing in particular by jangari
Monday, February 19th, 2007
iPod recording
I was perusing an apple store today when I came across an iPod accessory that interested me. It’s a device that attaches to the bottom and claims to record at ‘CD quality’* through a built-in stereo microphone. There is also an eighth-inch jack where an external microphone can be plugged in. Now, I’m not so [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Linguistics by jangari
Monday, February 12th, 2007
The heighth of foresight
First there was this: TONY JONES: Prime Minister, what do you think living in Australia would be like by the end of this century for your own grandchildren and for the grandchildren and great grandchildren of others, if the temperatures, the average mean temperatures, around the world do rise by somewhere between four and possibly [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Environment,Politics by jangari
Thursday, February 8th, 2007
Water and Ambiguous Pauses
The NSW government is staking a lot on the ‘Water for Life’ plan, the focus of which is a desalination plant at Kurnell. I’m not going to rant and rave on about the stupidity of desalination as opposed to more prudent measures like reduced consumption of water in the first place, especially by industry (One [...]
