Jimmy's weblog

One one hand, the governments of Britain and Australia are falling over themselves to say that the invasion of Iraq made us safer, despite the fact that no weapons of mass destruction have been found, and no links to Al Qaeda appeared to have existed. On the other hand, they are spending millions of [...]

Nearly nine weeks after I placed the order, my Airport Express base station has arrived. For those who haven’t heard, Airport Express is Apple’s new networking solution which uses 802.11G to provide 54mb/sec wireless connections. It also allows you to share a USB printer and stream audio to your stereo from iTunes.

Ha, I knew it! Not only did NASA fake the moon landing in 1969, but they are now making preparations for a fake Mars landing. This time the footage will be completely computer generated, meaning no pesky actors with secrets to spill.

Silicon Graphics (NYSE: SGI) today announced that NASA has chosen SGI® Altix® [...]

Another album uploaded to the site, this time from a hiking trip to Wilsons Promentary. Details of the trip are in a previous post.

By Bill Clinton, Former President of the United States
Thank you. I am honored to share the podium with my Senator, though I think I should be introducing her. I’m proud of her and so grateful to the people of New York that the best public servant in our family is still on the job and [...]

An ABC interview with the Minister for the environment, Senator Ian Campbell - http://www.abc.net.au/insiders/content/2004/s1161179.htm.

BARRIE CASSIDY: What message does a blue [supermarket] bag send?
SENATOR IAN CAMPBELL: The blue bag will be the same as a green bag, Barrie, but it’s going to be blue. We want a series of different colours, we want to keep [...]

The process of organising and uploading my photos continues, this time with an album from Perth in 2002 and another from a EuroTrash-themed birthday party last year.

I use Google-owned Blogger.com for this weblog and I’ve been very happy with the free service. It’s easy to create and manage posts and Blogger will allow you to host the blog on your own server so you don’t have to put up with any advertising (other than a small logo on your pages). [...]

Today’s Sunday morning special…
It would be fair to say that your average US Liberal has a more relaxed attitude towards sex than your average Republican. In an effort to grab some attention, or to swing (pun intended) November’s Presidential election, the Carbon Defence League has just launched a new website. Titled “Fuck the [...]

Wired has an article written by Adam L. Penenberg, an assistant professor at New York University, asking if the New York Times (NYT) is losing its relevance in the digital era. Traditionally, the NYT has been a heavyweight of the publishing world, but in a Google search for “Iraq torture prison Abu Ghraib”, the Times [...]