Sierra. We’ll miss you, but it’s time to go
Monday, August 4th, 2008 Posted in Games, News | No Comments »Sure, it's been there for a while, but I've been busy playing with my new computer... What am I referring to? Edge's article about why Sierra must die. It's not the longest of articles, but it's interesting, and it's full ...
Aussies pay heaps more for games
Monday, July 21st, 2008 Posted in Games, News | No Comments »A few weeks back, I linked to an article about how we Aussies pay more for digitally-distributed software and music and the like, and commented on how we needed someone to look into hard copies as well. Well, it happened. Not ...
Xbox 360 price drop
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 Posted in Games, News | No Comments »You may or may not be aware, but the Xbox 360 is now the cheapest console available in Australia. Well, the core system at least. At $349, it is not a terrible price, and may pick the sales of the ...
Regional price discrepancies…
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 Posted in News | 1 Comment »We all know we pay shitloads more than the rest of the world for certain products -- video games, CDs, DVDs, the list goes on. Well, it might not, but at least these three are things we pay more for. ...
Australians, healthy?
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »How strange is it, that in the space of one week, you can hear reports that Australians are now the fattest nation in the world, and other reports that Australians are among the healthiest in the world? Quite strange, but ...
Possible consensus on the whaling issue
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in Japan, News | No Comments »I don't like to comment on much of the political news that occurs with regard to Japan, mainly because I have vested interests and it may come across as somewhat biased -- which is, of course, perfectly fine, as all ...
Apple Store opens in Sydney
Saturday, June 21st, 2008 Posted in Gadgets, News | No Comments »Personally, I was a little surprised when I heard the first Apple Store was soon to open in Australia. I thought we had one. In fact, I thought there were several. Oh well... Anyway, the Apple Store opened its doors ...
Binge Drinking!
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »OK, what constitutes binge drinking? Big question, but who can honestly answer with any conviction? Certainly not the National Health and Medical Research Council guidelines (see this article at News-Medical.net), which states that the upper limit for drinking is four ...
Panspermia. Hehe.
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »Panspermia, not a drunken frat-boy game. An actual legit theory for the origins of life on planet Earth. So legit, it was even taught in my Biology lectures at University. Then I had to write a stupid paper about the ...
Earthquake in Japan
Sunday, June 15th, 2008 Posted in Japan, News | No Comments »Quick news brief (quite late, I know): There was an earthquake in Miyagi and Iwate prefectures of Japan on Saturday (both of which are situated approx. 300 km north of Tokyo). It occurred in the morning, and hit 7.2 on ...
Tragedy in Akihabara
Monday, June 9th, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »You may have heard about the recent stabbing frenzy in Akihabara (if not, see this news.com.au article), and I thought I would put a quick note here, myself. There's nothing I can add to the details, of course -- I'm ...
Asian Union, anyone?
Friday, June 6th, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »Another article about finance and politics- that's unlike me! However, I find this a very interesting topic, which is quite important to the whole world-- particularly Australia and Asia. I'm talking about the possibility of an Asian Union (described here ...
Credit Cards … Level UP!
Thursday, June 5th, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »Not the most awe-inspiring news, but I found it interesting. From very recently (June 3), credit card users now have a choice when making their payment- sign or pin. When I was assigned a PIN number for my credit card ...
