Entries for March, 2009

Conroy continues to contradict himself

In speaking to the press today Stephen Conroy has continued to contradict himself over the proposed controversial filter. Senator Conroy said the Government had never claimed the filter itself would stop child pornography. Yet here Conroy is just days ago stating the “whole purpose” of the blacklist which the filter will be primarily relying on; [...]

Outdoor Go-Karting at Ace Karts in Melbourne, Australia

Over the weekend I had the opportunity to experience go karts at Ace Karts in Sunshine so I thought I’d do a quick write up on my experience covering what to expect, how they operate, the cost involved and the go kart driving itself. I hadn’t been go-karting since I was in my early teens. [...]

Walstad Goldfish Tank Update March 2009

The tank has been up and running for about 5 weeks now. I did some tests today and everything seemed to be doing fine considering I haven’t done a waterchange now in over a month. Nitrate: about 7 (goal is

Aussie Family Groups: Lesbian kissing is not ok

Once again Australian society is being held to ransom by wowser family groups. This time they’ve clashed with Channel 7 over a lesbian plot line in their tv soap ‘Home and Away’. The complaints from groups such as ‘Pro Family Perspectives’ revolve around a kissing scene between a two females in a recently developed lesbian [...]

Breaking down Conroy on the ABC's Q&A

Last night we had the pleasure of viewing Stephen Conroy weasel his way out of a series of questions asked by the guy who’s face is just not quite right, the 17-years-on the-internet bald guy expert, the hippie who needs a haircut expert. the asian student who watches one too many movies and then the [...]

Aussie Govt Classification Website Hacked

It appears somebody has hacked the Australian Government Classification and Classification Review Board website. Welcome to the Classification Website This site contains information about the boards that have the right to CONTROL YOUR FREEDOMZ. The Classification Board has the right to not just classify content (the name is an ELABORATE TRICK), but also the right [...]

Setting up a Goldfish Aquarium Tank Guide

Ok, so you’ve bought all your equipment and now it’s time to set up your tank. The following can be applied to any freshwater setup but I’ve specifically included some points relative to fancy goldfish as they do need some extra precaution. It helps to draw up a plan on some scrap paper of how [...]

Wikileaks' Theodor Reppe Raided: The government crackdown begins

Stephen Conroy told a press conference this morning that “people can continue to put up the lists if they are proud to do that”. Meanwhile halfway across the world in Germany, Theodor Reppe, owner of the German mirror of Wikileaks (wikileaks.de), was the target of a police raid. Hosting a copy of the list myself, [...]

Conroy can't guarantee only child porn will be filtered

Stephen Conroy spoke at a Cisco event today in Sydney and has basically admitted that he can make no guarantees that once the filter is in place, much more then child porn will be added to it. “The parliament of Australia is made up of elected representatives of the people of Australia and if the [...]

$2850 Tata Nano leaves Australian auto innovation for dead

No the Indian built Tata Nano is not Apple’s latest ipod, rather it’s a tiny 623cc powered runabout car designed to get Indians off their “unsafe” scooters and into cars. It’s cheap, will most likely go nuclear if you bump something with it and probably gives you cancer but is an example of an innovation [...]