Article: Educator claims critical thought stifled in our schools
Kate Carruthers The World Today – Educator claims critical thought stifled in our schools: ABC Radio, The World Today, Wed, 9-Feb-2005, Reporter: David Mark In the Spring edition of The Journal of…
Surgery & Hospital
I’ve just come out of hospital where I spent 7 days after major abdominal surgery. The surgeon and the hospital were fantastic! We are very lucky here in Australia with…
A Bloggers’ Code of Ethics?
Update 2016: This link is no longer available but you can find a handy how-to guide to setting up a blog here – thanks to Chris for the link. An…
World Day of Peace – the Pope’s Message (8 Dec 2004)
His Holiness Pope John Paul II and I have disagreed on many issues over many years (e.g. birth control, ordination of women, homosexuality, etc). However, there are many elements of…
Paranoia – The Conspiracy Reader
Paranoia – The Conspiracy Reader: “Since 1992 Paranoia: The Conspiracy Reader has enlightened readers with alternative views and marginalized theories of the inner workings behind sociopolitical events.” This is one…
Junkscience.com – “all the junk that’s fit to debunk”
Junkscience.com – this site is fun to peruse from time to time. It takes Junk science, which is defined as “faulty scientific data and analysis used to advance special and,…
Conservatives Fight Back – “Beware the Entertaining ‘Food Police’ “
The conservatives fight back against Supersize Me – there is a new web site that dissects & attempts to demolish Spurlock’s arguments against McDonald’s: The “Food Police” are back, this…
FITT – Females in Telecommunications & Technology
Not many active organisations for women in I.T. in Australia, the FITT mission is to: Encourage more women into the ICT industry Encourage women in the industry to achieve their…
6 Secrets of Highly Secure Organizations
A recent article in CSO Magazine (Vol. 1, No: 2 2004, p. 21 ff.) noted the 6 Secrets of Highly Secure Organizations. These organizations: 1) spend more on security 2)…
Brushes with Fame
Sometimes through life you run into famous people – we call these ‘brushes with fame’ in my family. Recently I was reminiscing with friends about two brushes with fame that…