Seriously very big truck! Used for open cut mining, but also useful for crushing your enemies like bugs. Has a top speed of 60kmh and instead of brakes uses a 6000 horse power retarding engine. Have a look at some more pics with some humans so you get an idea of sheer scale, or read [...]

I recently dumped my MP3 collection, Jabba may have “no time for smugglers who drop their shipments at the first sign of an Imperial cruiser” but discretion is yet the better part of valour. Anyway, I’ve put aside a wad specifically to replace it with actual CDs. In 2 weeks, Mon and I have developed [...]

“Roll up! Roll up for the mystery tour!”
It suddenly occurred to me, that as well as the context “Roll up, roll up, come see the dog faced boy!” meaning of roll up, there is something else that you might roll up that is very appropriate to that time in the Beatles career. I wonder if [...]

I’m part of the small and under-represented Christian left. The Christian right is incredibly vocal at the moment, especially in the US. I have a lot of strange ideas. Personal choice and freedom. Crazy stuff like that.
I get so angry when I see in the US, and somewhat so in Australia, politicians pandering to fundamental [...]

Remember the Mad magazine fold-ins on the inside back cover? I was perusing the latest Women’s Day looking for lingerie ads, like you do, and came across this absolute treat. The inside front cover is a fold open ad for Jenny Craig weight loss, with renowned celebity chef and all round (haha) fat guy Ian [...]

Since the CSIRO clearly didn’t count on the number of nerds who would want to watch the transit of venus in a web browser instead of getting out there with a piece of paper with a hole cut in it like we had to when we were kids, their webcast of the transit has fallen [...]