The Journal
All writing
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Bagle Worm, or Beagle Worm, Whatever
Got back to find my home computer (on which I am running the beta of Windows 7, not that that has anything to do with it) is multiply infected with the bagle worm, and various other…
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Dud Priest Continues to Damage the Church
It is hard to see how rebel catholic priest Peter Kennedy can believe he is doing the right thing. For years he has refused to teach the catholic faith, offering instead his own version of easy…
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$1 Million Ring Grabbed Through a Window
A man stole a ring worth a million dollars by breaking a hole in a shop window and reaching in. The shop is in the Melbourne CBD and was open at the time. I’m guessing their…
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Microsoft puts Bounty on Conficker Worm Creators
The Conficker Worm itself does not seem to do much harm. It’s just a competent piece of programming which is hard to detect, and which so far, seems not to be malicious. It sounds to me like…
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Back on Kangaroo Island
Amanda and I are back home in American River. I thank God for the healing work he has done in Amanda over the last two months, and for safe travelling and the kindness of friends. It’s good…
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Cancer Doctor Not Fit to Practice
Gold Coast GP Michael Tait, 76, is accused of flouting Queensland Medical Board guidelines by administering the worthless anti-cancer drug Ukrain to almost 150 terminally ill cancer sufferers. I don’t know enough about this case to…
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Students Urged to Promote Climate Awareness
Well they would be, wouldn’t they, given that public education in Australia seems to be about developing the ‘right’ opinions rather learning to think. New Zealand isn’t much better. While there I heard a radio ad for…
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Back in Oz
I love New Zealand, and still consider it home, even after having lived in Australia for the last 30 years. But I love Australia too. After all the struggles to get Amanda well over the last…
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Dalai Lama Ban Delays Conference
If it is true that maintaining good trading relationships with China is more important to South Aftica than an open commitment to human rights, and that this was the reason the Dalai Lama’s visa was refused, then…
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TB, HIV, the Recession and the Pope
There are clear, long-recognised links betwen HIV infection and infection with other opportunistic infections such as TB. It is these secondary infections which normally kill HIV/AIDS patients. It is interesting, however, that monitoring of TB deaths…
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The Governor of the Bank of England Agrees With Me
You cannot spend your way out of debt. If debt is the problem, to the extent that neither lenders nor borrowers are confident, then manipulating the economy to increase debt, hoping thereby to encourage spending and so…
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Scareware an Annoying Scam
My own Dad, an intelligent and computer savvy former medical scientist, fell for one of these scareware scams, and I frequently encounter them in business – usually after a complaint by a client that the anti-virus software I…
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Wigs on the Waterfront – One Sour Note
Wigs on the Waterfront is an annual homosexual festival of music which takes place at the waterfront at Auckland Harbour. GayNz.com has posted some sample performers on YouTube. Amanda and I went because my brother David was…
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Half a Ton of TNT and 500 Sheep
Egyptian police have seized half a ton of TNT and 500 sheep being smuggled into Gaza. One of my WoW characters is an engineer. I can make exploding sheep. They are fun, but not very useful,…
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Comments Open
OK, I am giving in on the need to register to comment. I have thought and written about this before, and would still prefer to restrict comments to registered subscribers. However, I object to having to…
