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I *think* may have mentioned Scraps at some time in the past, but I’ve just ordered the 7″ single ’1982′ from Disembraining, a local Brisbane label. Scraps puts out keyboard laden pop music that touches on elements of Stereolab. 1982 by scraps Tweet
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Those who know me would realise my almost god-like reverence for Arsenal football club. Lately – well for the past five to six years – following the team has often been a testing, incredibly frustrating endeavour. So much potential, so much great attacking football combined with some incredible short-slightness, lapses in concentration on the pitch [...]
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Came across this fascinating video about how one can think about arguments and prepare themselves to objectivily evaluate them. This one came via The Intepreter. In this video Julia Galef from Measure of Doubt discusses some techniques that can help you think about the true meaning behind argumentation, herself arguing that the process should be [...]
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Here in Queensland, Australia, we’re just at the start of a new state election campaign, one that sounds like it’s going to be bitterly fought on all fronts and particularly nasty. The ruling Labor government is looking for a sixth consecutive term while the Liberal-National party (LNP) hopes to win government by relying on Campbell [...]
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Amazingly for Australian television, a commercial station (Ten) actually started broadcasting a series worth watching. Television in Australia frequently panders to the lowest common denominator. Poor reality tv seems to dominate – with the networks given simply to reproducing the work of the other through shows like The Biggest Loser (the double entrendre is particularly [...]
Continue Reading →The whole world has been going a bit crazy over the issue of Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) bills that have been proposed for voting in US Congress. As you might know, Wikipedia and reddit closed down their sites for 24 hours and many other prominent web hubs have [...]
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