Monthly Archives: January 2002

Not only is he one of the richest people on the planet, but it seems that Kerry Packer is really, really lucky. Most of us are lucky if we find a dollar coin in our back yards; Packer manages to … Continue reading →

Okay, picture this: you have a captive-bred tammar wallaby that you want to release into the wild, but you're worried that it won't know to run away from predators likes foxes and feral cats. What do you do? Well, one … Continue reading →

The Beatles are popular. Metallica are popular. So if you combined the Beatles and Metallica, you can't fail!

O'Rielly have a very interesting article on the Wayback Machine and how they built a system of 300 computers with over 100 terabytes of storage for about US$400,000. Not only that, but the parallel aspects of the system are transparent … Continue reading →

Although it's difficult to top choking on a pretzel, I think this is running a close second: this is me, by georg bush. What would we do without Americans to mock?

Woohoo! Not only has Aardman Animations confirmed that Nick Park is definitely working on a new Wallace and Gromit film, but they've also announced that there will be 12 one-minute Wallace and Gromit films released in the near future. I … Continue reading →