I love the design of the new Foreign Affairs website. They have this little thing where they use Flash to render the headlines of their articles. I realise we’re all supposed to hate Flash but it looks so nice. They’ve got just the right amount of line-spacing and even though articles are spread out across [...]
I wrote the original ‘What Do I Listen To?’ more than a year ago and felt it was time to give it an update. Who are the up-and-comers? Who’s managed to hang on? Who’s fallen by the wayside? Read on to find out what’s on my iPod in 2009. The Brainy Gamer Podcast http://feeds.feedburner.com/brainygamerpodcast Last [...]
I care about the environment. I use electricity like it’s going out of fashion. I’m concerned about the plight of the poor. I give nothing to charity. I think trade unions are important. I didn’t join one. I believe it’s difficult to morally justify the slaughter of animals for food when alternatives are available. I [...]
< p>In praise of Sunkist? What’s wrong with me? Ah, it’s not what you think. You see Rui and I managed to catch an Axis of Awesome show when we were back in Sydney recently and after the show I bought their Scissors, Paper Rock! album. All of the songs are great but my favourite [...]
On the heels of Mitt Romney’s ridiculous speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference I thought it’d be interesting, and a throwback to that first year philosophy class I took, to offer a proof for why non-liberal societies must be oppressive. There are a couple of philosophical terms here and I’ve tried to link to [...]