Monthly Archives: May 2009

Being lead astray by Rollins

By Geoff | Published 28 May, 2009 2:34 pm

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My apologies readers, unfortunately I’ve been naively exposing you to heresies that will undoubtedly lead you into eternal damnation: likely including gnashing of teeth and rock music. “Apprising ministries“, guardians of all that is holy and true, and warriors against the evils of non-orthodox thinking, managed to find Tuesday’s fanboy post on “The Orthodox Heretic” [...]

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You Must Read “The Orthodox Heretic”

By Geoff | Published 26 May, 2009 11:46 am

It’s not often that you’d write a review for a book before you’ve finished it. In actual fact, I only received “The Orthodox Heretic – and other impossible tales” last night in the mail, and with a basketball game in between, I only managed to read a few of the parables inside, but already this [...]

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A Very Apple Morning

By Geoff | Published 23 May, 2009 1:07 pm

So we managed to get along to the apple store opening at Doncaster, and it’s such a funny place. Anyway, I put together a tiny video, mostly just for the fun of it and to play around with iMovie. So have a look: clearly Peter Jackson wants to watch his back.

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Snot, Snot, Snot

By Geoff | Published 22 May, 2009 1:10 pm

Big plans this weekend, starting with going to Cirque du Soleil this evening. Was really hoping to get along to the footy tomorrow night, as well as the new Apple Store opening at Doncaster tomorrow morning, and two Birthday related engagements on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. But it’s looking like something’s going to have to [...]

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Oz Budget & Foreign Aid – not all bad news

By Geoff | Published 13 May, 2009 11:14 am

Ben’s blog (http://blogs.tear.org.au/ben/) has some good insights on what the Australian budget looks like with respect to overseas development assistance, and he tries to “hold the Government’s feet to the fire with a veeeeery long, specially-designed foot-holder from all the way over here in Kathmandu.” The news is mostly good, all considered: a 5.6% increase [...]

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