http://woodenspoon.net It's called a beefChange Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:10:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The mind of Zoe moves in mysterious ways. Today she requested pictorial evidence of her sartorial elegance. Perhaps for a bet? Here 'tis: [caption id="attachment_351" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Zoe models steel capped orange gumboots at Araluen 2008"][/caption] http://woodenspoon.net/2009/07/07/steel-capped-orange-gumboots-by-special-request/ [gallery] http://woodenspoon.net/2009/05/22/pix-of-a-minor-flood/ What is this waxy corpse-pale thing? Not what is claimed, that's for sure. Isn't it against the law to make false claims? Why are we not protected from this assault? Sure, the lit match catches it in flame And my fireplace is starting to warm me. But its a matter of Principle. Although I was not perturbed ... http://woodenspoon.net/2009/05/20/wanted-for-crimes-against-geometry/ On the 7.30 report last night Susan_Greenfield said that computer games are ruining children's minds. She sez that computer games alter children's brains by replacing the real world - where events occur in a sequential narrative, choices are made and consequences occur - with an instant gratification shoot-em-up simulacrum [my word ... http://woodenspoon.net/2009/03/20/problems-with-susan-greenfields-short-attention-span/ I just noticed that the wikipedia has an option that converts an article into PDF format. Click on PDF version in the toolbox area of the left hand pane, and wait a few seconds as the PDF is generated on the fly, ready for downloading. Excellent! http://woodenspoon.net/2009/03/04/wikipedia-now-has-a-pdf-option/ Last October I closed a phone account with Telstra. I'd paid the three month rental in advance so there was a credit. "The cheque will come in the post", I thought. A few weeks later I got my letter from Telstra. It was a bill, whcih said I was in ... http://woodenspoon.net/2009/02/18/working-for-telstra-at-1-cent-per-hour-less-expenses/ [caption id="attachment_296" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Leet broadband"][/caption] http://woodenspoon.net/2009/02/10/speed-is-not-the-measure-of-broadband-quality/ [caption id="attachment_290" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="The federal bureaucracy is turned upside down by the cruel collusion of the Global Financial Crisis™ and art. ('Pivot' by T.S. Ringmuth, 2005) "][/caption] http://woodenspoon.net/2009/02/05/art-gives-a-new-true-perspective-on-the-machinery-of-canberra/ [caption id="attachment_287" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Michael Stitt plays classical guitar, probably at Toad Hall. A sketch by Jana Kroftova, circa 1995"][/caption] http://woodenspoon.net/2009/02/03/from-the-vault153-a-sketch-of-michael-stitt-playing-classical-guitar/ [caption id="attachment_284" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="A David Morris 'Change of Address' notice, circa 1990"][/caption] http://woodenspoon.net/2009/02/03/from-the-vault153-a-change-of-address-note-from-david-morris-aka-void-boy/