Archive for the 'Musings' Category

Dr Seuss Advises Reading!

Thursday, June 30th, 2011

Wonderful advice to school children in 1971 from Dr Seuss.

Lazy Saturday

Wednesday, June 15th, 2011

Oli can spend half an hour on the swing and complain when you want to stop pushing, he’s not keen to get off in case the someone else will take his place.

Cheating At Chess

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

Everybody carries a Chess world champion around in their phone these days, doesn’t take much of a genius to work out that the temptation is just too much for some.
A participant of the German Championship, which concluded on Friday in Bonn, was caught cheating. FM Christoph Natsidis used a chess program on his smartphone during [...]

Federal Budget.. Invert

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

Another circus has hit the airwaves and fish and chip wrapping. Not enough time spent on working out clear long term goals and too much time and effort spend debating the small detail.
The top four spends from the budget.
1) Social security & Welfare $121 Billion
2) General Govt services $97 Billion
3) Health $60 Billion
4) Education $30 [...]

Living Forever

Monday, March 14th, 2011

This video is amazing.
The advances in technology and medicine are just awesome. There is this theory which is only crazy if you don’t understand how geometric progression with technology or anything actually works, the theory is about the technological singularity.
Just one of the ideas arising from this thinking is that if you can at the [...]

The ROMCOM Survival Guide

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011

Just a few notes from my experience for men seeking to watch ROMantic COMedies (ROMCOM’s) with their partner and keep their sanity.
* Look at the times on the cover, less than 90 minutes is ideal, anything approaching 2hrs is worth avoiding.
* If you don’t like the actors in normal movies then steer clear.
> Brad Pitt [...]