12 Jun 2008 books history Closing Hell's Gates (by Dr Hamish Maxwell-Stewart) It would have been bad enough to be a convict back in 1822, sent halfway around the world from England to Australia. But for the
12 Jun 2008 books The Yacoubian Building (by Alaa el-Aswany) I’m really into Ancient Egypt. But know relatively little about contemporary life in that wonderful country. So when someone suggested the The Yacoubian Building
11 Jun 2008 DigitalTV Digital TV will finally go full steam, then face a huge smack in the head I’ve been pondering Digital TV again recently. It really has been badly handled here in Australia. Who knows the why’s and hows; conflicted
27 May 2008 ideas Idea: Public Lectures in Melbourne web site In the last few days I’ve been to two very good public lectures. One was on Lake Mungo and the other on William Buckley
26 May 2008 astronomy Watched Mars robot Phoenix landing in real time The first web browser came out in 1993. In 1994 the comet – or the pieces of the comet – Shoemaker-Levy 9, crashed into Jupiter, creating impact