As I tell my e-document students, the Library of Alexandria was founded around 290 BC, destroyed by fire around 48 BC and opened again for business in 2002AD, with an on-line catalogue. It was surprising to hear the librarian detailing the library’s role in the recent revolution in Egypt.In scenes reminiscent of Isaac Asimov’s FoundationRead… Read more »
Actor Geoffrey Rush has made a career out of playing eccentric characters. Long before his award winning performance as Lionel Logue in The King’s Speech, Captain Hector Barbossa in Pirates of the Caribbean (2003) or even David Helfgott in Shine (1996) there was his 1989 portrayal of Poprishchin in Diary of a Madman. Adapted fromRead… Read more »
As I tell my e-document students, the Library of Alexandria was founded around 290 BC, destroyed by fire around 48 BC and opened again for business in 2002AD, with an on-line catalogue. It was surprising to hear the librarian detailing the library’s role in the recent revolution in Egypt.In scenes reminiscent of Isaac Asimov’s FoundationRead… Read more »
Telstra has announced it will implement a 4G mobile broadband wireless network by the end of 2011. It is claimed this will provide similar data rates to ADSL wired links, with typical speeds being 20 to 30 megabits per second. This is using Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology, which is a low risk upgrade fromRead… Read more »
In the lake behind Tura Beach (NSW) I noticed what looked like a bit of a jetty. But this was not connected to the land and one end sloped down into the water. On the land nearby I noticed what appear to be something of the same design lying on the ground. This was aboutRead… Read more »
The report “Learning Capital: an integrated tertiary education system for the ACT” from the ACT Tertiary Education Taskforce has been released by the ACT Government Department of Education and Training. The report recommends an integrated education system for Canberra. Unfortunately the impact and credibility of the report is undermined by the way it has beenRead… Read more »
The University of Canberra released a “Framework for an Australian Capital Territory Clean Economy Strategy – Economic, Environmental and Social Perspectives” commissioned by the ACT Government in 2009. The full report is ( MS Word 1.4MB or PDF 1.17MB).Actions would fall across the broad areas of: green buildingsutilitiesrenewable energytransportbusiness and industry developmentresearch and Original post
Bar Camp Canberra 2011 will be held at ANU College of Business and Economics in Canberra on 19 March 2011. This is free and there is room for 150 people. You can register online.These events are a little geeky, with participants referring to each other by their Twitter “handle” and almost everyone having a wirelessRead… Read more »
Amazon.com has set up a specialist part of its web site for industrial and lab supplies called smallparts.com. There items ranging from Male Four Arm Knobs to Linear Actuators in the product index. Here is a list of the top 50 words in the index:<!– #htmltagcloud{ /****************************************** * CUSTOMIZE CLOUD CSS BELOW (optional) */ font-size:Read… Read more »
Greg Combet, Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency announced a Australian Climate Commission on 10 February 2011. The Chief Commissioner is Professor Tim Flannery. The Commission will be supported by a secretariat from the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, but so far the commission does not have its own web site.Other membersRead… Read more »