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Dream Theater News
May 14th, 2007The mighty Dream Theater are set to release their latest album in the coming weeks. Check out here for more information. I just went to Dream Theater’s MySpace space, and sampled a song from the latest album. Need to hear it a few more times, but things are already starting to look good.
Also, I came […]
Simpsons Good For Your Health
April 29th, 2007The humor of “The Simpsons” can reduce the stigma sometimes attached to mental health issues, a psychiatry conference will hear next week.read more | digg story
Sustainable Melbourne: Winners of the Premier’s Sustainability Awards 2007
April 28th, 2007The winners of the Premier’s Sustainability Awards were recently announced on the 18 April 2007. The Premier’s Sustainability Awards, hosted by Sustainability Victoria, recognises “Victorian businesses, communities and individuals that demonstrate outstanding leadership in creating a more sustainable Victoria, now and for the future”read more | digg story
Wordpress Plugin: Wordpress vCard
April 19th, 2007Overview
With this Wordpress plugin, you can add your vCard details via the Wordpress administration area and then display a link to your vCard via a vCard icon.
2007 Angus & Robertson Top 100 Unveiled
April 17th, 2007In February I posted here about the 2007 Angus & Robertson Top 100 survey. The results have just been released and Ray Feist’s ‘Magician’ comes in at #9, one place up from its 2005 ranking.
Quite simply, Magician is one of the all-time classics (in general and particularly in fantasy), obtaining a great position purely on […]
Wordpress Video Plugin
April 17th, 2007I have just installed a plugin that allows you to easily add flash videos from various video sites to post content. This post is a demonstration of the plugin, primarily for testing purposes.
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Raymond Feist News
April 13th, 2007From the man himself, sent to the feistfans-l mailing list:
Just to let you know, this morning I agreed in principle to a new contract with HarperCollins (Harper/Voyager in the UK; Avon/Eos in the US) for six more books, plus a special project to be discussed.
This will end the Riftwar Cycle. Two books in the […]
Triskaidekaphobia and KitKats
April 7th, 2007The title of this post is no doubt odd, but I have just been eating a pack of KitKats and the quantity of the packet caught my attention. The fun pack contains 13 miniature KitKats and I found it peculiar that Nestle decided to make a 13 pack. Perhaps this is the premium number of […]
Iranian Metal Scene
March 27th, 2007I was watching an interesting documentary the other day, which served to emphasis how fucked up the Iranian theocracy is. CuttingEdge: Forbidden Future was a revealing documentary on the subcultures in Iran; three Iranian artists expressing themselves through music, paintings and sport. Out of these, in particular I was interested in the band Scourge, a […]
Loudest Aircraft of All Time
March 21st, 2007Although this post is not associated with a category typical of this blog, being an aviation enthusiast (particularly the golden age of jet aircraft), I had to post it. With the Avalon Airshow approaching in Melbourne, I recently had a brief discussion with someone about loud aircraft. The loudest plane I have ever heard, which […]
