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  • Can you hear the difference?

    Blind test: can you hear the difference between uncompressed WAV, 320kbps MP3 and 128kbps MP3? I got an awful 2 of 6 for picking the WAV, though thankfully I never picked the 128kbps MP3… but it’s a close run thing.

    June 4, 2015
  • Snowflakes growing

    Sometimes I wish it snowed here so I could see what these things look like up close, and then I remember I hate the cold. Snowflakes are still pretty cool, though.

    May 23, 2015
  • Elon Musk, The World’s Raddest Man

    Part 1 of a multi-part series, profiling Elon Musk: In college, he thought about what he wanted to do with his life, using as his starting point the question, “What will most affect the future of humanity?” The answer he came up with was a list of five things: “the internet; sustainable energy; space exploration, […]

    May 14, 2015
  • The (true) killing of Bin Laden

    Not sure if this is the kind of article that sparks revolts or is conveniently ignored for real politik – Bin Laden’s location was known to Pakistan, his killing was more about managing political realities than it was about the Americans finding him and taking him out: ‘The compound was not an armed enclave – no […]

    May 11, 2015
  • Antarctica, from the air

    Antartica, in a unique way you’d never have the chance to see  from the air: The beauty of nature is truly astonishing.

    May 5, 2015
  • Lego Car!

    A 256 cylinder car that runs on air? Naturally: More info here.

    April 28, 2015
  • Questioning the ANZACs

    Scott McIntyre, a sports reporter for SBS news, was sacked this weekend for tweets about the ANZACs – McIntyre began his tweets on the centenary of the Gallipoli landings by criticising what he said was the “cultification [sic] of an imperialist invasion”. He was called out by Malcolm Turnbull, and many reacting online. SBS News’ […]

    April 27, 2015
  • A Modern Day Hatchet Job

    Rachel Olding and Nick Ralston in the Sydney Morning Herald today take a hatchet to males in their mid 20s in their profile of Vincent Stanford, the 24 year old accused of murdering Stephanie Scott: The reclusive school cleaner had no known friends, no social media profiles and had uttered little more than a polite […]

    April 14, 2015
  • The Ripple Effects of the price of Oil

    An analysis of the ripple effects of cheap oil – The [1974] oil shock altered power relations between the world’s main geopolitical players and created new ones. Higher oil prices had many unexpected consequences—from breeding oil wars to fueling the international spread of Islamic fundamentalism thanks to funding from newly super-rich countries like Saudi Arabia. Today’s […]

    April 8, 2015
  • Aussie victory in the Cricket World Cup – at a cost

    Greg Baum in the SMH today – Cocooned in sycophancy, the Australians seem not to grasp nor care how poorly this behaviour sits with the other half of a cricket-following public they repeatedly and ever more deeply divide, even in their finest hours. They also do not seem to care or grasp how it rankles […]

    March 31, 2015
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