I couldn’t resist re-posting this joke which is going around, its just so true sometimes … A man in a hot air balloon, realizing he was lost, reduced altitude and spotted a woman below. He descended further and shouted to the lady “Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet [...]
Well, kinda, but it did make me laugh non-stop for about 30 minutes. Shamelessly copied from Sickipedia: Dave and Jim were a couple of drinking buddies who worked as aircraft mechanics in Sydney. One day, the airport was fogged in and they were stuck in the hangar with nothing to do. Dave said, “man, I [...]
I have previously blogged about the The Great Australian Firewall, which is currently in its testing phase for manadatory internet filtering under the direction and control of the Australian Government (specifically ACMA). In the past few days, things have taken an alarming turn for the worse. I’m going to be slightly vague on some details [...]
10 Feb
Posted by Simon Harvey as comment, pingudownunder, security
As many of you will know, southern Australia is currently suffering the worst bushfires in peacetime history of Australia. Over 173 are confirmed as dead with many more injured, towns have been destroyed completely and people losing everything. The SBS and the ABC have particularly good online coverage of this ongoing disaster. What makes it [...]
Local media has today reported that a rogue Dropbear has been spotted in the Brisbane CBD terrorising the local population. Some think its only a Koala, but I think this guy is actually a close relative of the Koala – you know from the line of Koalas and Dropbears that interbred … can’t remember the [...]