Lady Margaret Cavendish — the first #scifi writer?

Refugess and the politics of shame

Back in 1956, the Western world watched and did nothing as Hungary rose up against its Communist overlords in a bloody revolution that took place on the streets of Budapest.

Anthropomorphising #robots…

GUEST: In recent years, we’ve seen a spate of movies and TV shows suggesting that robots will soon be so realistic and life-like that humans will form deep connections and yes, even fall in love. Movies like “Ex Machina” or the British TV show “Humans” both depict scenarios where…

Mobile computing — not quite there yet :(

Hello world! You are receiving this missive from the Greensborough Plaza Shopping Centre in lovely downtown Greensborough, an outer-ish suburb of Melbourne, Australia.

The Impossible Dream

-grin- No, not my impossible dream, the song….listen!

Why the Computer Viruses is Created?

Still on the theme of computer security, here’s some very well explained info. on computer viruses etc., and how they work. The info. on the ‘zombie’ network should give everyone pause for thought. I won’t say ‘enjoy’, but I hope you learn something that will make…

#Whatsapp — oh, so that’s what it is!

What a difference a name makes. Believe it or not, until today, I really didn’t know what Whatsapp was.

So for all those other dinosaurs out there, here’s my definition of Whatsapp and messaging in general:

#Pension age for Australian women

I never thought I’d be reliant on the pension when I got to be ancient but…there you go. Life is what it is. So when can I go on the pension, exactly?

65.

It took a prime minister to get Facebook to see the difference between child pornography and history — Quartz

resigning from australia

Poetry is not my forte, but this poem by Frank Prem touched a nerve, a great big one. He calls it an angry poem. I call it truth. I resign too.

Donating moral high ground…

For non-Australians: Sam Dastyari is a Labor Senator who accepted/asked for personal donations from a foreign company. Whether he actually paid for those donations by supporting that foreign /country/ is moot. The point is that both sides of parliament are guilty of the same…