I passed the new year’s celebration in Singapore, watching Australia burn. Our climate change doubter-in-chief, the Australian PM, Scott Morrison, released a hilarious New Years message that not only doesn’t link climate change to the bushfire crisis but which suggests that the current fire season is somehow business as usual: nevermind the apocalyptic images of […]
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The Australian Bushfire crisis has ramped up over the holiday season, with fires reported in every state. Here’s how you can help. Via the SMH: [Red Cross] [Vinnies] [Community Enterprise Foundation] [CFA] [RFS] [Foodbank] [World Wildlife Fund] [Givit] [Gippsland Emergency Relief]
Read MoreIn the lead up to the trash fire that was the 2016 US elections, there was a rash of conspiracy theories about the Democrats and Hillary Clinton that were spread around by conservative media and trolls. Some were somewhat believable–like the one where she was supposedly Very Ill With Some Unnamed Illness, after footage of […]
Read MoreAre you browsing a website on Chrome? Head to your website and check out the address bar. If you’re a business, ideally your IT people have already switched over your site from HTTP to HTTPS, given you the nice green lock icon and a ‘Secure’ statement. If they haven’t, or if you have no IT […]
Read MoreWe finally bought ourselves a Google Cardboard VR set. Writing about the Bosch VR app made us a little curious, but we didn’t realize until recently how cheap it is to actually buy a Cardboard set! You could even make your own, which we were considering at first until we figured it was just too […]
Read MoreBelow I touch on the types of organizations which can buy for you and how to deal with them. If you’re not sure still, call us at Starship (03 9428 4411) and we’ll try to help. Who can buy TV for you? – Suppliers Before we start – philosophy – the thing to remember about […]
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