Jimmy's weblog

Thanks Tony, for the apology you give when you’re not giving an apology. In case you’re wondering, being able to do something is not the same as actually doing it.

“And the problem is, I can apologise for the information that turned out to be wrong, but I can’t, sincerely at least, apologise for removing [...]

The suspicion I had that any credible economist would have already drowned in the deluge of election spending has just been confirmed.
Announcing a plan to spend $49 million to help volunteer groups and local councils deal with major disasters, Attorney-General, Philip Ruddock, claimed the net benefit of the program would be $12 billion per year.
Pardon??? [...]

Like a clown at the circus, George Bush has a habit of making people laugh when he opens his mouth and this week was no exception. What was different however, was that this time it was a deliberate joke rather than a verbal stumble. I’m not the World’s Biggest George Bush Fan but [...]

It’s been around a while but it still makes me laugh…
LEVEL 1:
It’s 11:00 on a weeknight, you’ve had a few beers. You get up to leave because you have work the next day and one of your friends buys another round. One of your UNEMPLOYED friends. Here at level one you think to yourself, “Oh [...]

FreePOPs is a POP3 daemon which allows you to use your normal email client to check web-based email services including Gmail, Hotmail, AOL, Yahoo or any Squirrelmail-based site.
Free and open source, FreePOPs works with any email client which supports POP3 including Mail, Entourage, Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora and many more. It is cross platform, [...]

After the drama and disenfranchisement of Florida in 2000, no-one should be surprised that international observers have reservations about the upcoming United States presidential election.
Pressured by Democratic representatives, an official request from the State Department means that Europe’s renowned Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) will monitor November voting in Florida, Ohio, Arizona, [...]

Until the Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS) was introduced in 1988, university education was free in Australia. Now the idea of individuals contributing directly towards their eduction is generally accepted, and the debate has moved on to how high the fees should be.
In contrast, during the period of 2002-2003 Australian taxpayers spent over $100 [...]

Based on a ten question survey, the most well known test for determining how right (or left) -handed you are is the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory. I scored 100% right handed which isn’t particularly surprising, though I do sometimes use my left hand for drinking and cleaning my teeth.
I’d like one of my friends to [...]

My political party website reviews are going to be a couple of days late, largely due to the build up for the Australian Football League (AFL) grand final today. I’m hoping to get the first posted tomorrow.
In the meantime, maybe some eye candy will be a pleasant distraction. No, not the regular kind, [...]

Or are you?
President Bush had a determined gaze in his eye when he declared, “If you harbor terrorists, you are a terrorist”, but maybe things aren’t quite so clear-cut after all.
Two weeks ago, three convicted terrorists flew from Panama to Florida, entering the country without any legal challenge. The trio’s flight came immediately after [...]