Posts made in July, 2008

Synopsis: NOTOFFMCL

Posted by on 31 Jul, 2008 in Stuff That Happens | 1 comment

Liberty Star Jones was a shoo-in to take out the grand finale of the MusiClash, the television talent quest that pitches itself as the only show that matters. With a truckload of talent and the singular viciousness of her uber-stage-Mum, Bunny behind the scenes, Liberty was set to coast her way into this Christmas’s number one single. America beckoned.

How did it all go so wrong?

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iPhone: The Ultimate eBook Reader?

Posted by on 11 Jul, 2008 in Stuff That Happens | 0 comments

So the iPhone was released today and another contender for the ultimate digital reading device enters the Australian market.

What? No one said anything about the iPhone as a digital reading device (or eBook reader if you want to get cute).

Actually, in places where the iPhone has already been available for up to twelve months, a lot of speculation has come out of the kind of people who speculate about such things.

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Stay of execution

Posted by on 4 Jul, 2008 in Stuff That Happens | 0 comments

Following on from the previous post, a new development.

With some amazement I write again to announce that the University, in its wisdom, having let LiNQ almost expire, has now decided that it [should] try to resuscitate the journal. So there will be at least one more issue

My previous rant still stands, by the way, but at least the life support system is still hanging on for that bit longer.

I’ll watch the next few months with some interest.

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