Category Archives: Misc

Inappropriate laughter?

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Stephen Dawson

No, very much appropriate, despite the every-human-life-is-of-equal-value twerps that abound. Fortunately this doesn’t seem to be a problem in Taiwan. If you’re saddened by Bin Laden’s death, don’t watch this clip. It is highly offensive to all, especially Muslims. I’m … Continue reading →

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Lots and lots of comments

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Stephen Dawson

The other day I mentioned that I had a political piece on the ABC website: Unleashed. That piece, called ‘The real defence exception’, now has 454 comments. Having a look through them was pretty instructive, I thought. Have a look … Continue reading →

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On a completely different topic

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Stephen Dawson

I try not to litter this blog with my political views, except when they are relevant to home entertainment stuff. But if anyone is interested, I’ve had a piece published on Unleashed/The Drum on the ABC website in which I … Continue reading →

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Around the world

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Stephen Dawson

In the previous post I made reference to the NEW Unofficial Blu-ray Audio and Video Specifications Thread thread on the AV Science Forum. For a long time this showed only titles which were from the US, Canada, the UK, Australia and … Continue reading →

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Australian Audio Show set for October 2011

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Stephen Dawson

On behalf of the Chester Group, organisers of the renowned National Audio Show in Britain, Sound+Image, Australian Hi-Fi and nextmedia are proud to announce The Australian Audio & AV Show 2011. The first such show for many years! Melbourne, Friday … Continue reading →

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Another thing to blame scammers for

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Stephen Dawson

The ten billionth person to download an iPod ap from the iTunes store got a phone call from the vice president of iTunes, telling her that she’d won a $10,000 iTunes account. She hung up. Fortunately Apple rang back later.

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Colin Whatmough: 1950-2011

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Stephen Dawson

I was shocked to read this morning that Colin Whatmough, the founder and owner of the Whatmough Monitors loudspeaker firm, has passed away suddenly. He was only 60. The company produces many excellent loudspeakers and subwoofers, some of which I’ve … Continue reading →

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Hollywood sexism

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

Jennifer Dudley, tech journo boss for several News Limited newspapers (and a former editor of mine), has an interesting post up on The Courier Mail’s Hi-Tech Blog. Basically, she points out, the film The Social Network fails to depict any … Continue reading →

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Speaking of colour …

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

… here are a whole bunch of glorious colour photographs of Russia from before the war. That is, before World War I! Colour wasn’t easy, so they took three B&W photos in succession, using colour filters. The subjects were supposed … Continue reading →

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Co-incidences

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

An hour or so ago I was reading a piece online in The Wall Street Journal about Google, in which the phrase ‘sticky wicket’ was used. This derives from cricket, of course, and on a whim I researched the author, … Continue reading →

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