Entries for February, 2009

Timeline of events, Brendan Sokaluk suspected arsonist

I’ve decided to keep a timeline of events surrounding this particular case as it’s easier for me to keep up with what’s happening and have a record of what happened when. Latest February 17th, 2009: Victoria Police publicly announce they wish to “ban messages being posted on internet blogs about accused firebug Brendan Sokaluk” (The [...]

Muzzammil Hassan fights negative views of muslims in US

Answer: Move to America, set up a tv station to bridge the gap of understanding between muslims and the American people… and then behead your wife. With all the bushfire news, this horrific story seems to have quietly slipped under the radar here in Australia. Muzzammil Hassan arrived in the US from Pakistan back in [...]

Telstra’s wireless broadband could cost you $3800 an hour

Aside from my initial connection, I remember the first time I really got excited by the internet was my unlimited Ihug connection. 56 kilobits of blistering speed with a four hour call cap but within which I was free to do whatever I wanted with my connection. Since then I’ve had unlimited access twice, the [...]

Cameron Thomas’ parents attempt to cash in on puberty

I’m one of four brothers and whilst poetically planned or not, we all have at least one scar on our heads from kids being kids. I have a scar on my left eyebrow from playing live action Streetfighter and hitting my head on the corner of a wooden bed (don’t laugh), my second brother hit [...]

Brendan Sokaluk – Most hated man in Australia?

Foreword: On the 18th February I’ve added a timeline regarding the arson case which makes it a bit easier to keep track of what happened when. On 16th February a court has removed the supression order on naming Brendan Sokaluk. Please keep in mind at this stage he has only been accused and has not [...]

Why the Southern Star Observation Wheel is a collosal failure

Back who knows when ING real estate decided it would be a great idea to build a giant whopping ferris wheel in the middle of the Docklands. I don’t know what crack their marketing team were smoking but they built the wheel at a massive one hundred million AUD with the idea that about 1.5 [...]

Get in the queue, you're centrelink's bitch now

There are two types of employees in a recession, those that value their jobs and idiots like me who look for work elsewhere. I’d had enough of my current job and figured it was time to move on. Recession be damned with a bit of help from the government to get me through Christmas I’m [...]