Here's Why http://www.HeresWhy.TK/ I hear what you're saying I follow your arguments But you're wrong; Here's Why en Sex , death and the Antechinus Play now Antechinus is a small Australian marsupial that has lots of sex, and then dies. The more sex they have, the healthier their babies.]]> http://www.HeresWhy.TK/2007/01/sex_death_and_the_antechinus.html http://www.HeresWhy.TK/2007/01/sex_death_and_the_antechinus.html podcasts Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:09:43 +1100 Converted GeeXboX , I have to convert the MOV or MP4 or whatever files to something they can watch at home, like DVD-video mpg. WinFF is the free open source solution for Windows. Its a small, fast front-end to the free FFMPEG video conversion library that will convert anything to anything, even mobile phone video formats. GeeXboX is built around Mplayer which can play any media because it is built on FFMPEG. Mplayer also has a Windows incarnation.]]> http://www.HeresWhy.TK/2007/01/converted.html http://www.HeresWhy.TK/2007/01/converted.html Hacking Tue, 16 Jan 2007 22:21:50 +1100 Pythagorus Switch addiction Boing Boing pointing to http://tvinjapan.com/blog/category/pythagoras-switch/
They have half a dozen compilations of episodes of this terrific Japanese educational kid's show. Every episode starts with a crazy machine, and has features teaching kids different ways to think. The algorithmic march is genius.  Of course I also got hooked on all the other Youtube and Google videos on the website. I download them with http://videodownloader.net

I found through a comment that there are bit torrents of 4 fan sub-titled episodes by the Dattebayo group at http://yhbt.mine.nu/.
According to http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Pythagorean+Switch they are shown on digital cable channel TV Japan in the USA and in Brazil. Maybe SBS will pick them up for Australian TV. ]]> http://www.HeresWhy.TK/2007/01/pythagorus_switch_addiction.html http://www.HeresWhy.TK/2007/01/pythagorus_switch_addiction.html Movie Reviews Tue, 09 Jan 2007 14:02:00 +1100 Feed my GeeXbox Feed Me Bubbe Sleight TokyoDV Video Log RocketBoom 2.0]]> http://www.HeresWhy.TK/2006/12/feed_my_geexbox.html http://www.HeresWhy.TK/2006/12/feed_my_geexbox.html Movie Reviews Sat, 30 Dec 2006 22:17:27 +1100 Infinity Climber climbing toy "The free-form flowing shape defies flat planes and presents an appearance of organic movement. A drastic departure from static playgrounds, children are challenged to move their bodies around a constantly flowing shape. Well-crafted sculptural forms are, as one would expect, visually enriching; but more so, they cultivate a positive mind-set and contribute to the overall healthiness of the community. Physical play is certainly healthy, but also teaches children to make decisions, instills confidence, and develops their sense of focus. Little Tikes, through the organic, friendly, graceful shape of the Infinity Climber, has produced a superlative fusion of these rarely united necessities of childhood." via Boing Boing]]> http://www.HeresWhy.TK/2006/12/infinity_climber.html http://www.HeresWhy.TK/2006/12/infinity_climber.html odd things Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:15:22 +1100 Zapping Food http://www.hereswhy.tk/2006/12/zapping_food.html Food and electricity, together at last! How to make grapes sparkle, light emitting vegetable diodes, and testing cream cakes for sentience. Fri, 22 Dec 2006 21:44:29 +1100 TV by RSS Juice podcatcher and loaded it up with feeds from tvRSS. Now I can catch TV shows over the internet that don't get broadcast here - automatically! Juice even downloads torrents, and works on linux, windows and OSX.

I've also been looking at streaming with my GeeXbox, instead of waiting for downloads. I can stream anything from www.archive.org as if it were another TV station, without any drop-outs or delays. I watched The Power of Nightmares without having to wait for a download. In the same way, the Beyond Belief seminars can be streamed straight from the website. I used the DownloadThemAll plugin to find the actual mp4 video links, and then pasted them to this m3U playlist file to play on GeeXbox without the hassle of navigating through a web browser on the TV.

]]> http://www.hereswhy.tk/2006/12/tv_by_rss.html http://www.hereswhy.tk/2006/12/tv_by_rss.html Hacking Sun, 17 Dec 2006 22:43:31 +1100 Go with the FLO After a month, I'm addicted to the health benefits. I can see myself using this as a long term treatment. Its so rare to find something that works after all these years.]]> http://www.hereswhy.tk/2006/12/go_with_the_flo.html http://www.hereswhy.tk/2006/12/go_with_the_flo.html Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Tue, 12 Dec 2006 22:43:31 +1100 Vegemite-Gate http://www.hereswhy.tk/2006/11/the_black_stuff.html Is Vegemite illegal in America? How can it help prevent neural tube birth defects? Personally, I never touch the stuff. Tue, 28 Nov 2006 21:36:29 +1100 TricK [info]jack_ryder for showing me this Japanese TV show! I transcoded and watched the three episodes of the first story yesterday. A Physicist and a Magician team up in the first story,  to prove that a cult leader with "spiritual powers" is really perfroming illusions instead of miracles. Much funnier than X-files, Jonathon Creek, or The Magician. I didn't realize I represented such a large demographic!

There are three seasons of Trick!

trick dvd]]> http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2006/10/trick.html http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2006/10/trick.html Movie Reviews Mon, 23 Oct 2006 13:23:31 +1100 Cheap electric cars too expensive ]]> http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2006/10/cheap_electric_cars_too_expens.html http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2006/10/cheap_electric_cars_too_expens.html Fri, 20 Oct 2006 00:53:59 +1100 One eye on the Ig Nobels http://www.archive.org/download/ignoble-blink/ The 2006 Ig Nobel for mathematics goes to Australia for photography. Thu, 19 Oct 2006 21:36:29 +1100 Roswell photos There are some wonderfully suggestive photos with believably mundane explanations on the US Air Foce website. I love that the things that looked like martian spacecraft, really were martian spacecraft!
 Air Force News Special Report Roswell Report: Case Closed:

Alderson Laboratories anthropomorphic dummies of the type dropped from balloons.  Alderson Laboratories anthropomorphic dummies of the type dropped from balloons.

The aeroshell of a NASA Voyager-Mars space probe just prior to launch. The aeroshell of a NASA Voyager-Mars space probe just prior to launch.

Following a supersonic test flight in 1972, a Viking space probe awaits recovery at White Sands Missile Range. Following a supersonic test flight in 1972, a Viking space probe awaits recovery at White Sands Missile Range.

]]> http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2006/10/roswell_photos.html http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2006/10/roswell_photos.html Links Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:52:30 +1100 Asthmatic tomatoes http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2006/10/asthmatic_tomatoes.html Tomatoes may prevent asthma attacks, except when they cause them. Tue, 17 Oct 2006 11:02:25 +1100 A Duck's Quack Echoes http://www.archive.org/details/quack-echoes I have a riddle for you, how can something NOT be true, be widely believed, and yet NOT be a myth? The widely distributed belief that a duck's quack doesn't echo has its basis in reality, and yet it isn't true. Ian Woolf once again shows us that things aren't always what they seem. The duck tape of the sitting duck disproving quackery can be found at the University of Salford Acoustic, Auditory and Video department website www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk "Its a Fact, Deal With That" by Sam Greenward. Fri, 06 Oct 2006 22:02:25 +1100 Sex and Vitamin C http://www.archive.org/details/Sex-and-Vitamin-C What is it that reduces stress and anxiety, and makes you sexier? What helps your heart, and makes you slimmer? Dr Brody has discovered the strange connection between vitamin C and sexual behaviour. Ian Woolf pops a vitamin pill and investigates. Followed by discussion with Tilly Boleyn and Catherine Beehag from Diffusion about what you can blame on the vitamin C. . Wed, 04 Oct 2006 22:02:25 +1100 Bouncer on the Doors of Perception http://www.archive.org/details/bouncer-on-the-doors Nitric Oxide is the bouncer on our doors of perception. Mon, 02 Oct 2006 22:02:25 +1100 Mint is the new Heroin http://www.archive.org/details/mint-is-new-heroin A new mint oil inspired lotion may help people who suffer chronic pain. Mon, 02 Oct 2006 22:01:25 +1100 Erotica Up, Rape down? http://www.archive.org/details/pornup-rapedown Professor Anthony D'Amato has written a research paper showing a suggestive correlation between the dramatic decrease in the incidence of rape in the USA and the increase in the avialability of erotic materials in his paper "Porn up, Rape Down". Thu, 28 Sep 2006 21:00:25 +1100 Electric cars resurrected http://www.archive.org/details/electric-car/ Would you like a way to reduce your carbon emissions, but still need a car? Telsa Motors have ensured the all-electric car lives again. Thu, 21 Sep 2006 21:00:25 +1100 NASA tapes walk on the Dark Side http://www.ourmedia.org/node/259304 NASA has lost 700 tapes of high definition video of the Apollo 11 Moon walk, until they checked the Dark Side... Thu, 14 Sep 2006 21:00:25 +1100 Soy Sauce from Human Hair http://www.archive.org/details/HairSoySauce You've heard of pirated movies and music? How about pirated food? A suspect report about suspect soy sauce. Thu, 07 Sep 2006 21:00:25 +1100 Wind Powered phones http://www.archive.org/details/windphone Wind powered mobile phones! Thu, 07 Sep 2006 20:00:25 +1100 Multi-tasking Solar panels http://www.archive.org/details/solar-roof Solar panels that heat water and grow electricity at the same time. Thu, 07 Sep 2006 20:00:25 +1100 Ill to Young http://www.archive.org/details/ill2young A 62 year old man got sick and became 20 years younger. Thu, 07 Sep 2006 20:00:25 +1100 Burnt Seaweed power http://www.archive.org/details/BurntSeaweed Burned seaweed may power tomorrow's gadgets Thu, 07 Sep 2006 20:00:25 +1100 Apple Watch http://www.archive.org/details/AppleWatching/ Apple have developed a new spy video screen that watches you watching them. Thu, 07 Sep 2006 20:00:25 +1100 Listeners download! I discovered something wonderful last week, feedburner.com have started offering podcast download counting as part of their free service! This means that instead of just counting subscribers I can actually keep count of how many people download each show over time.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/diffusionradio

It hasn't been a full week yet, but the numbers are encouraging. On Diffusion Science Radio we may only have around 500 regular subscribers that feedburner can count, but in the last six days we have had 5,496 downloads of 81 shows. Ten times more downloads than subscribers! I can finally talk the same language as other podcasters.

My personal podcast has slowed while I've fought off the Lurgi since the end of May, and I'm still fighting. I haven't posted up my last few broadcasts. However in the last six days there have been 2,080 downloads of my personal podcast, despite only 130 incredibly patient subscribers. The most popular items this week are Demand One Demand, Dolphin Terrorists, Caramel Cars, What Women Look For, and Happy Semen.

Here's Why Diffusion Science Radio

]]> http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2006/08/listeners.html Tue, 29 Aug 2006 15:20:44 +1100 Big Ruddock Ironically Attorney-general Phillip Ruddock has led a new censorship drive starting with the TV show Big Brother, and extending through eight titles he has referred to "The Classification Review Board". They only agreed to censor two of them, so this is his justification for removing freedom of speech and enquiry.

Ruddock is upset that Terror Police raids in Sydney found nasty books. However it turned out that the books were legal, so no charges could be brought against these book-crimes.

Thus, the law must be changed to match Ruddock's views, and the Howard Regime have the power in both houses to do it, and the precedent of the 2005 Terror Laws.

The Review Board banned Defence of the Muslim Lands and Join the Caravan. They have allowed The Ideological Attack, The Criminal West, Jihad in the Qur%’an and Sunnah, The Absent Obligation, Islam and Modern Man: The Call of Islam to Modern Man Vol. II, and The Qur%’anic Concept of War. They have also allowed the movie Jihad or Terrorism with a PG rating.

]]> http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2006/08/big_ruddock.html Sun, 06 Aug 2006 20:24:48 +1100 Hallowig I tried to learn to knit as therapy when I couldn't use my hands much after the poisoning ripped my nervous system. I haven't recovered enought to knit for long without hurting my hands, but I retain an interest in what silly things can be done. I think I found this on http://www.boingboing.net/

http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEfall04/PATThallowig.html


]]> http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2006/07/hallowig.html http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2006/07/hallowig.html odd things Mon, 31 Jul 2006 17:29:17 +1100 Visited Countries Not enough!!



create your own visited countries map
or vertaling Duits Nederlands

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This is a beautiful validation of some of my basic philosophy of relationships. Humans respond to reward, not punishment - just like other animals. Try this on your family and friends and enjoy the improvement!

"The central lesson I learned from exotic animal trainers is that I should reward behavior I like and ignore behavior I don't. After all, you don't get a sea lion to balance a ball on the end of its nose by nagging. The same goes for the American husband."

]]> http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2006/07/exotic_people_training_1.html Wed, 12 Jul 2006 18:02:10 +1100 Caramel and trees into oil http://www.ourmedia.org/node/241925 Chocolate Waste powered cars, Thermal Conversion converts carbon-based life into oil, and Eucalyptus trees for green energy. Thu, 22 Jun 2006 20:00:25 +1100 Women Know http://www.ourmedia.org/node/240848 James Roney at the University of California, Santa Barbara, US and his colleagues at the University of Chicago have announced that women judge a potential mate accurately by his face. Ian Woolf checks out why talking with a woman before you get that Internet dating photo taken is a good idea. Thu, 15 Jun 2006 20:00:25 +1100 Robbing the Poorest- Australian Welfare 2006 You can read the notes from my April 2006 talk about the July 2006 Welfare laws at the Sydney Shove website.

In today's news the Australian charity organisations have balked at the Federal Government telling them that
18 000 people will have their payments stopped for 8 weeks from July 1st, and that the chrities should be looking after these people the Howard regime is starving.

Meanwhile Howard's favourite advertising company is getting a $9 million hand-out to advertise the "Work To Death" policy for diasbled people. This isn't about informing people on the Disability Support Pension, who will be sent a letter, but to comfort the voting public about how mean we are as a nation, as we starve disadvantaged people to death instead of helping them.

The Australian Federation of Homeless Organisations (AFHO) warned that the changes could force up to 14,000 people into homelessness.

]]> http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2006/06/robbing_the_poorest_australian.html http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2006/06/robbing_the_poorest_australian.html Sedition Mon, 05 Jun 2006 17:15:05 +1100 Terror Talk You can read the notes from my Ma y 2006 talk about the 2005 Australian Terror Laws at the Philorum website.

"Philorum is a philosophy forum where everyone has an equal opportunity to have their ideas engaged by strangers and friends."
1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month. 18:15 for a 18:30 Start. Finish 21:30
The Members Bar, Floor 1
(Keep winding up to the top of the stairs.)
The Gaelic Club
64 Devonshire Street, Surry Hills
Sydney, Australia
(100 metres from a Central railway station exit.)

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Closeup of the 1999 Calendar
Closeup of the 1999 Calendar,
originally uploaded by iwoolf.
They lost a few minority special days from 1998 to 1999, but they kept January 2nd - "Celebration of St Ian the Eclectic"
(Universal Life Church)
]]> http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2006/05/closeup_of_the_1999_calendar.html http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2006/05/closeup_of_the_1999_calendar.html odd things Wed, 10 May 2006 13:37:23 +1100 1999 UTS Equity and Diversity Calendar

1999 UTS Equity and Diversity Calendar
1999 UTS Equity and Diversity Calendar,
originally uploaded by iwoolf.
For the second year running, look closely at January 2nd.
]]> http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2006/05/1999_uts_equity_and_diversity.html http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2006/05/1999_uts_equity_and_diversity.html Wed, 10 May 2006 13:36:28 +1100 Lynne's SCi Fi News Lynne's latest episode features footage she shot direct from the Zombie March, check it out, and make her day by leaving a comment. You may win a prize.]]> http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2006/05/lynnes_sci_fi_news.html http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2006/05/lynnes_sci_fi_news.html Wed, 10 May 2006 10:17:41 +1100 Meet The Feebles My friend Peter is assisting Scream Queen Lush at The Taxi Club 40-42 Flinders Street, Darlinghurst at 9pm Sundays. Next week's cult movie is "Meet The Feebles" which is a Peter Jackson movie before his "Lord of the Rings" fame. Its an absolute classic, a must-see for fans of "Greg The Bunny" and other adult puppet fare.]]> http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2006/05/meet_the_feebles. html http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2006/05/meet_the_feebles. html Tue, 09 May 2006 23:00:11 +1100 Australian fish at risk of Ciguatera poisoning I'm often asked for a list of fish people shouldn't eat if they want to avoid the risk of Ciguatera Fish Poisoning. Here's the official list from 1999 (before Sydney fishing was banned) for Australia, none of which I have ever knowingly eaten.

From the 1999 Federal Government report by Leigh Lehane:
http://www.affa.gov.au/corporate_docs/publications/pdf/animalplantheal th/chief_vet/ciguatera.pdf

"The main fish species in Australia that have caused outbreaks of CFP are: narrowbarred
Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commersoni) and other mackerel species,
coral trout (Plectropomus spp.), flowery cod (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus), barracuda
(Sphyraena jello), red emperor (Lutjanus sebae), queenfish (Scomberoides
commersonianus), grouper (Epinephelus lanciolatus), red bass (Lutjanus bohar),
trevally (Caranx spp.), Maori wrasse (Chelinus trilobatus), kingfish (Seriola spp.),
parrotfish (Scarus spp.), chinaman fish (Symphorus nematophorus) and paddletail
(Lutjanus gibbus) (Mitchell 1976; Gillespie et al 1986; Fenner et al 1997)."

]]> http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2006/05/australian_fish_a t_risk_of_cig.html http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2006/05/australian_fish_a t_risk_of_cig.html Ciguatera Tue, 09 May 2006 22:03:31 +1100 Deceptive Truths http://www.ourmedia.org/node/213582 Magicians exploit the flaws in our perceptions to create entertaining illusions. Deception is a part of all human societies, and its believed that deceiving other people is where we learn our theory of mind. Are politicians the only people who have taken these skills from the stage and into real life? I put on my top hat and take my magic wand to investigate. Wed, 26 Apr 2006 22:49:37 +1100 Climate scientists gagged Some link references for the issue covered on 4 corners. Government employed cimate change scientists in Australia and the USA have been ordered to be silent on facts and opinions that contradict government policy http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2006/04/climate_scientist s_gaggged.html Sun, 16 Apr 2006 18:51:11 +1100 Happy Semen http://www.ourmedia.org/node/197023 Imagine if semen contained mind-altering and addicting chemical signals that made you feel good! Professor Gallup discovered the truth. Fri, 31 Mar 2006 09:54:05 +1100 RocketCar Day 666 http://www.ourmedia.org/node/185137/ The sixth Rocket Car Day was held in the back streets of Marrickville in Sydney. Ian Woolf went along for the fun. For photos, movies and information about entering the next Rocket Car Day go to http://www.rocketcarday.com Tue, 14 Mar 2006 09:54:05 -0500 science Speech Parasitic Pupper-masters Invade Europe http://www.ourmedia.org/node/176403 Parasites infect human brains and change their behaviour for the worst. Thu, 2 Mar 2006 09:54:05 -0500 Alternative Rock science Speech Car Wash Carpentry The Crystal Car Wash (02 9412 1699) two metres away from my window woke me at 5am, and now at 10:15pm they are still running their bandsaw and drills. I don't know what woodwork has to do with washing cars, but they're very keen on it. They're using some nasty smelling stuff on the wood that makes me dizzy. Hopefully they'll finished before midnight, and won't restart tomorrow with more noise. I know better than to hope they stop playing "Its A Hard Knock Life" over and over on their sound system. I'd really like to know why councils all over Sydney have allowed them to build these loud industrial sites that run more than 12 hours a day, 7 days per week, between houses and flats. I've seen others and they're also in residential zones. There seems to be no limits on what they do, or when they do it. They never rest, I guess they're not unionised. They must use megalitres of water - all day, every day. Chatswood, Lane Cove, Mosman, Bondi, Kingsford, and more; the commercial car washes are doing very well out of selling car owners the right to bypass the water restriction laws. Residents aren't allowed to waste water on their cars, but businesses have a license to sell the right to waste water on cars, while disrupting residential areas more than dirty cars ever would. Water restrictions mean nothing if they encourage a trade of water wasting rights. Can't do what you like with water? Buy the right from a business! Does the business make more water? No. Any other laws that the government wants to sell the right to violate? And more water is wasted, because its now a revenue generator. In a drought-ridden State, what self-respecting patriot has a clean car? Commercial Car Washes are water pollution factories that dump phosphates in the river system as they empty our drinking water supply, just so you can feel your car looks pretty. Show you are community minded and let your car stay dirty. It doesn't harm the car. Wash it yourself, over a lawn, in the evening, when its legal. A pretty car means you're UnAustralian. Think about the children! http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2006/02/car_wash_carpentry.html Tue, 21 Feb 2006 22:45:38 +1100 IgNoble Prizes 2005 http://www.ourmedia.org/node/166095 The IgNoble Prizes as awarded by the Annals of Improbable Research in 2005. Recognizing the sillier side of science, such as exploding trousers. Fri, 17 Feb 2006 07:54:05 -0500 Alternative Rock science Speech JackGreen http://www.ourmedia.org/node/166089 Young women tried to sell me environmentally friendly electricity door-to-door, they didn't expect a scientist to be home. Wed, 11 Jan 2006 07:09:54 -0500 Alternative Rock Mixed programs (talk and music) Remote control humans, Moody women scanned, http://www.ourmedia.org/node/166086 Remotely controlled humans and moody women scanned and trained. Fri, 17 Feb 2006 07:07:49 -0500 Alternative Rock Speech Lawyers attack, pub table science, Sewer hacker bailed to Mum, appetite drug http://www.ourmedia.org/node/166084 Discovery channel serve a "cease and desist" order, how to stabilize a pub table without a coaster, Hacker arrested as terrorist, new drug to control appetite. Fri, 17 Feb 2006 06:45:08 -0500 Alternative Rock appetite drug discovery channel hacker medicine Mixed programs (talk and music) terrorist Yes Minister > Translation: There is little evidence for terrorist groups or threats in Australia. "This justified the enhanced powers the Federal Government had given ASIO and the federal police. These included warrants that allow people to be detained without charge in certain circumstances." Translation: The fact that there is no evidence of danger justifies imprisoning people without charge and making them answer questions without a lawyer under duress, in secret. The Government employed scientists do the same thing. Prolonged Illness after Infectious Mononucleosis Is Associated with Altered Immunity but Not with Increased Viral Load. "The detailed determinants of delayed recovery remain to be elucidated."
Translation: After 15 years of research, we have proved that we have no clue what causes Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Give us your grant money anyway.]] http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2006/03/yes_minister.html Wed, 15 Mar 2006 12:43:31 +1100 My Rocket Car Day photo set > F1000008_2F1000015_2F1000019_2F1000020_2 F1000018_2F1000001_2F1000005_2F1000017_2F1000002_2 F1000014_2F1000013_2F1000022_2F1000006_2F1000016_2 F1000011_2F1000012_2F1000004_2F1000003_2F1000009_2 ]] http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2006/02/my_rocket_car_day_photo_set_1.html Wed, 15 Feb 2006 15:56:37 +1100 Cheney's got a gun The Daily Show with Jon Stewart had to say. Here's a link to a streaming flash video clip on bradblog.com. The hunting trip was the kind where you drive up to an enclosure of cage-raised flightless little birds and shoot them from a metre away.

]]> http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2006/02/cheneys_got_a_gun.html Tue, 14 Feb 2006 22:52:57 +1100 Rocket car day this Sunday Sunday 12th February at 1:30pm in Sydney Steele Road behind the Marrickville Metro Shopping Centre. It looks like a lot of fun.

Their website http://www.rocketcarday.com reports:
"You may experience a slight rumbling in your bowels as the week progresses. Do not be alarmed this is the bodies natural reaction to an impending rocketcar day.
Whether or not you're involved in making a rocketcar, or you're just turning up to hang out on the street and catch the some rays from the glow of excitement that will be emanating from all around you, the time is soon approaching when we hope the planets will align, people will arrive on time, the street will have no cars on it and security will not call the police. For that will be Rocketcar day 666 - the most evil race on the planet. RCD666's location will be: Sydney Steel Lane, Marrickville. The time will be 1pm. Races go till about 4pm probably Don't forget our special features this year: * documentary camera crew
* roving, out of control model helicopter with onboard wireless camera
* tested and untested race categories
* evil race category
* multi-car launches / battle to the death
* trophy presentation
* beer and bbq
Don't forget to bring beer, money for more beer (and t-shirts), sunburn cream, your kids, someone elses kids, some meat, spare rockets and fuses, 2 or 3 cameras so you can deny my requests for sending me the photos you took. IF YOU'RE RACING GET THERE AT ONE (1) PLEASE.
OH BABY."
]]> http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2006/02/rocket_car_ day_this_sunday_1.html Fri, 10 Feb 2006 17:50:50 +1100 The Missing Link http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2006/02/the_missing _link.html Tue, 07 Feb 2006 12:31:19 +1100 Policeman allowed to steal Exhibit seizure leaves democracy flagging: gallery - National - smh.com.au
Victorian policeman disregards the law and steals a political artwork he finds personally offensive. No charges are likely to be laid.]]> http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2006/02/policeman_a llowed_to_steal.html Wed, 01 Feb 2006 12:56:37 +1100 Negative income tax in the newspaper again! Work loses its point for low-skilled - National - smh.com.au
John Garnaut is at the Negative Income Tax promotion again! This time he's quoting Professor Mark Wooden, deputy director of the Melbourne Institute, in the Journal of Political Economy.]]> http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2006/01/negative_in come_tax_in_the_new.html Mon, 30 Jan 2006 12:54:13 +1100 Finding subversives from library lists Data Mining 101: Finding Subversives with Amazon Wishlists | Applefritter
Find non-conformists from freely available data and a few shell commands.]]> http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2006/01/finding_sub versives_from_libra.html Sun, 29 Jan 2006 12:44:44 +1100 Sydney poisoned Extension of harbour fishing ban likely ABC
Sydney Harbour commercial fishing halted ABC None of the reports name the corporations who dumped all this poison into the harbour. There is no indication that the people poisoned, the fishermen rendered jobless, nor the cost of cleaning up will be borne by the polluters. They are just referred to as "industries in Homebush Bay", whose poison sediments have spread everywhere for many years. The State government hasn't committed to payng for any of this either. They're just hoping that some of the most persistant industrial wastes in the world will go away in a few months - or that the electorate will forget about it.
The poison didn't just happen yesterday. The Primary Industries Minister's angle is that its not his fault that the WHO have lowered the safe amount of dioxins. He admits the current levels are as bad as they were when he checked ten years ago. Maybe the fish that survive the poison can replenish the unsustainably over-fished ocean. Ironically, the tabloid TV shows recently bullied fish shops for not displaying where fish was from so that people could avoid buying foreign food. Now the same origin labelling laws can help you avoid food grown locally.]]> http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2006/01/sydney_pois oned.html Wed, 25 Jan 2006 21:27:47 +1100 Slavery today in the USA AlterNet: WireTap: Slavery Beneath the Golden Arches?
This must be where Australian farmers got the idea of shipping in Chinese farmhands instead of providing working conditions that attract locals. Laws against slavery are worthless if they're not rigorously enforced.]]> http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2006/01/slavery_tod ay_in_the_usa.html Mon, 23 Jan 2006 13:58:20 +1100 Bailed to Mum Shad ow of doubt over Nazi claims - National - smh.com.au
A Tunnel Rat sewer urchin had his car and house searched during the race scares last Sunday. They found a gas mask, a gun is a gunsafe, and evidence that he had visited a "Fightback" website. If you take the risk of following the link from the Sydney Morning Herald to Fightback, at least you know you'll be bailed to the custody of your Mum.
]]> http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2006/01/bailed_to_m um.html Sun, 22 Jan 2006 14:05:06 +1100 Negative Income Tax discussed in the Sydney Morning Herald! Have a butchers at this: a new tax world - Business - Business - smh.com.au John Garnaut writes:
"Those on existing benefits... would face an effective marginal tax rate of 30 per cent rather than up to 104 per cent...Sadly, this fantasy seems a long way off."]]> http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2006/01/negative_in come_tax_discussed.html Wed, 18 Jan 2006 13:52:15 +1100 Last straw with Telstra http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2006/01/telstra_dro pped_pensioners.html Wed, 11 Jan 2006 15:17:50 +1100 RFID Inside VeriChip Corporation
Commercially available implantable radio ID chips. Now we need a tinfoil jumpsuit.]]> http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2005/12/rfid_inside .html Fri, 30 Dec 2005 14:01:43 +1100 UnDiscovered Discovery science radio. They have been ordered to take the word "Discovery" from their broadcast and podcast. The team are looking for a new name for their syndicated show.]]> http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2005/12/undiscovere d.html Science interviews Thu, 22 Dec 2005 18:01:10 +1100 Karaoke Therapy http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2005/12/karaoke_the rapy.html Sat, 17 Dec 2005 15:06:26 +1100 You remind me of a man HuFu is tofu textured and flavoured to taste like authentic human flesh, so that anthropology students can have the experience legally. They plan their next product to be textured and flavoured like Baby Seal flesh - "the veal of the sea". I saw this on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.


I have friends with an Adventure Food Club who would love to try both these products. They also have a line of Cannibal themed DVDs for you to watch while you munch on your textured vegetable protein.]]> http://members.iinet.net.au/~iwoolf/archives/2005/12/you_remind_ me_of_a_man.html Mon, 12 Dec 2005 18:49:08 +1100 Real Zombies http://www.ourmedia.org/node/242252 Zombies, the walking dead, are empty shells of men, automatons with no inner life at all..they're not mere fiction. Thu, 31 October 2000 20:00:25 +1100 Dolphin Terrorists http://www.ourmedia.org/node/137373 They indulge in gang warfare, they abuse their women, some of them have been trained as suicide bombers, and now some armed and dangerous members are on the loose looking to kill. They may even be trying to breed a super-soldier. I'm talking about DOLPHINS. Not as cute and cuddly as they seem. Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:44:40 -0500 Hacking Sony, throat tickles, injections, and brain freeze. http://www.ourmedia.org/node/114882 How to hack Sony's anti-customer CDs, throat tickle hack, injection pain hack, and only YOU can prevent cerebro-cryo-tosis! Fri, 09 Dec 2005 07:16:31 -0500 Sugar, meditation, and Sony piracy http://www.ourmedia.org/node/114876 Sugar lowers stress, meditation thickens your brain, and Sony hoist the Jolly Roger. Fri, 09 Dec 2005 07:09:54 -0500 Podcasting explained http://www.ourmedia.org/node/106266 Ian Woolf answers the demand for an explanation of how podcasting on demand, Web 2.0 on demand, and all the new rich media systems work; on demand. Thu, 24 Nov 2005 19:44:58 -0500 Cockroaches transcend http://www.ourmedia.org/node/89274 Humans constantly strive to transcend their limitations and become more than they were. Our story starts, not with wheelchair-bound people learning to walk with exo-skeletons in Japan, but with electronically assisted giant cockroaches in California. Sun, 06 Nov 2005 00:08:56 -0500 Teleportation interview http://www.ourmedia.org/node/82328 An interview with Dr Braunstein about quantum teleportation, Captain Kirk, and cryptographic romance. Thu, 27 Oct 2005 09:44:12 -0400 The MindSwitch interview http://www.ourmedia.org/node/82327 An interview with Professor Ashley Craig and his MindSwitch. Switching electronics on and off with only a thought. Thu, 27 Oct 2005 09:43:59 -0400 Little Naughties in the dark http://www.ourmedia.org/node/82326 An interview with Professor Mike Archer about the promiscuous bacteria having sex with you at this very moment. Thu, 27 Oct 2005 09:43:46 -0400 Chicken Chips http://www.ourmedia.org/node/82325 Recycle some waste chicken feathers and some soy oil, and you can make a circuit board that is better than industry standard. Thu, 27 Oct 2005 09:43:35 -0400 Mozart Faster Than Light http://www.ourmedia.org/node/82324 How Professor Gunter Nintz of the University ofCologne sent a microwave signal faster than the speed of light in a vacuum in 1996 . Thu, 27 Oct 2005 09:43:25 -0400 Never Was A Cornflake Guy http://www.ourmedia.org/node/82323 Cornflakes were invented by Kellog for sexual reasons. Ian Woolf explains. Thu, 27 Oct 2005 09:43:11 -0400 Cure the flu! http://www.ourmedia.org/node/82322 Doctors in Australia CAN cure the flu, but they won't. There are more than ten commercial tests, and three different flu treatments, but if you are sick, you'll have access to none of them. Thu, 27 Oct 2005 09:43:02 -0400 Grapefruit got me pregnant http://www.ourmedia.org/node/81017 How Grapefruit interacts with medication in a way that can make it effectively ten times stronger or cancel the drug's effects altogether. Tue, 25 Oct 2005 04:29:22 -0400 Immortality for beginners http://www.ourmedia.org/node/79684 Science and philosophy of living forever Sun, 23 Oct 2005 04:41:20 -0400 Night Terrors http://www.ourmedia.org/node/72580 Have you ever turned out the lights at night, only to be woken by alien visitors, ghosts, demons or giant spiders? Night Terrors are usually only experienced by children, and adults who are classed as "Fantasy Prone Personalities".People with the gift of fantasy can use it for healing and entertainment, and for banishing Things That Go Bump In The Night. Mon, 10 Oct 2005 19:26:50 -0400 Quantum Computers http://www.ourmedia.org/node/72579 Ian Woolf talks with Dr Andrew Djurak, Director of the UNSW Quantum Computer Centre. Mon, 10 Oct 2005 19:26:20 -0400 Terraforming Mars with Robert Zubrin http://www.ourmedia.org/node/69553 An interview with NASA scientist Robert Zubrin about colonising Mars Wed, 05 Oct 2005 00:22:03 -0400 Immortality for beginners http://www.ourmedia.org/node/68619 How to live forever, notes from the Immortality talk at Science On Tap Mon, 03 Oct 2005 06:17:37 -0400 Lost For Words http://www.ourmedia.org/node/68611 Imagine you're a chatty, eloquent person used to clever quips and puns. Suddenly you can't remember the name of the pointy thing that makes marks on paper. It might be Mild Aphasia. Mon, 03 Oct 2005 05:46:55 -0400 James Benford Microwave Ships http://www.ourmedia.org/node/68589 Interview with James Benford about spaceships pushed by microwaves at the 1999 World Science Fiction Convention Mon, 03 Oct 2005 03:24:47 -0400 Light Fission - clean power http://www.ourmedia.org/node/28765 Fission of light elements like lithium produces helium and electrons. 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