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ABC Open: Macadamia Thief
Australia has some of the most unique and beautiful wildlife. Growing up surrounded by eucalypts, I awoke to the sound of myriad birds every morning. Whilst people seem united on the evilness of the magpie, one bird that divides people, is the sulphur-crested cockatoo. Many find their screeching annoying and fear that they will nibble
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Photo ‘Management’ on Windows
I’m a Mac user in the unfortunate position of having to use Windows at work. I know… first-world problem. It’s not entirely painful but there are still things to this day that are either clunkier or purely non-existent on Windows, which are just plain simple on the Mac. Amongst other topics, John Gruber recently discussed
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Apple and Google Smartphone Branding
Apple is by no means perfect but if there’s one thing that they know more than any other company, it’s effective branding. Take the following examples of Google and Apple advertising on Oxford Street in Sydney. It was difficult to take the photos from street level but I think that they still illustrate the point
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Bespoke, Organic, Artisan Hipster Ingenuity
Recently at a market in Sydney I came across a stand for Joco. I had never heard of the company before but I couldn’t help but roll my eyes when I saw what they were selling. Quite simply, they seem to have invented the flask. Yes, the flask… We seem to live in an age
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Choose Your Own Adventure with Café Signage
One of the most confusing things that patrons tend to encounter in any new café is whether they should wait at the door for someone to seat them, proceed to the counter or find a table by themselves. Clear signage at the entrance is key to avoiding such doubt. Every now and then I encounter
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How (Not) to Enter Clubs in New South Wales
For many years, I have been perplexed by the archaic sign-in system at Returned and Services League (RSL) clubs in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW). Governed by the Registered Clubs Act 1976, which is based on even older tripe, there is a strict procedure for entry, which stipulates that all visitors must
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The New York Times: ‘As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants’
Facebook is now beyond a joke. Following its enormous Cambridge Analytica scandal (and numerous other major missteps), The New York Times has uncovered yet more privacy breaches by the company. More specifically, Facebook shared users’ personal data with other major business partners and tech firms, all of which were exempted from its normal privacy restrictions.
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Australia’s So-called ‘Assistance and Access’ Act
Very recently, the Australian Government passed what it called the Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Act. This overly complex and euphemistic title represents a piece of legislation that poses a significant threat to Australian data security and the economy. Governments around the world insist that encryption hinders their efforts in dealing criminals
Lounge Ruminator
by Martin Feld
Lounge Ruminator 