OK, lets cut right to the chase on this one. Does anyone on twitter still have a sense of humour? Have we become so politically correct that our comedians will suddenly find themselves searching for other employment? Do we know the difference between fun and trolling, or is �funny� now attacked if it remotely offends anyone?
Yup, I�ve pulled out the big guns on this one and I�m waiting to be shot down.
Over the last few days, a few articles have come my way (including one I wrote myself) about smartphone addiction and the impact of our �always connected� society. My favourite so far has been this fromm Joe Kraus at Google Ventures:�http://joekraus.com/were-creating-a-culture-of-distraction
Hi, my name is Sonia and I�m addicted to my smartphone. Except it�s not my phone itself per se, it�s that feeling of knowing what is going on right now and what my internet friends are talking about. I�ve reverted to my teenage self and I don�t want to miss out, on anything, even for an hour.
It�s hard to escape Titanic news at the moment, as we mark 100 years since the ship sank. I refrained from calling her unsinkable, as apparently the White Star Line never called her that, but it was stated in a shipbuilding publication that her design made her �practically unsinkable�. �I confess to following @TitanicRealTime as the story holds a special place in my heart and it does fascinate me.
On Friday the 13th February 1998, my boyfriend took me to a late night screening of the James Cameron film. It finished after midnight, on Valentine�s Day. He then took me for a drive up to the hill in Wellington that overlooks the city, in a re-enactment of the evening we met (that�s another story). I had become rather soppy after the film, so he mentioned he didn�t have any tissues but would this do .. and pulled out an engagement ring. �Since then, Titanic has been our thing.
Today one of my email accounts received a Facebook notification, only I knew straight away that it was a fake. �This post shows you what the email looked like and the warning signs that this wasn�t a valid notification. �More likely, it was an attempt to steal my facebook details & hack into my account, after I had clicked on the links & willingly entered in my real facebook username and password for them.
Have I made you angry with the title of my blog? Are you frustrated at the critics of a movement that just wants to save the kids? Are you trying to search through media reports to confirm what the truth is and what it isn’t? That’s my point.
48hrs ago I had no idea who Joseph Kony was. I sat and watched as Kony 2012 swept social media then my television. My FB & Twitter feeds were swamped with links to the video. And then the critics were publicised too. A university professor and a student weighed in on the debate. The most recent one I’ve seen is from someone who has returned from Uganda.
I’m officially NOT an Australian. I have a New Zealand passport and I’m entitled to a British one too. As I sit here in my Brisbane home on Australia Day, I’m officially a ‘Resident on a Special Category Visa’. That’s Aussie legal talk for ‘Kiwi’. To my homeland, I’m a ‘Non-resident’.
There is a stereotype that Kiwis in Australia live off government payments and enjoy the land of milk and honey, just lazing about, and that’s before we mention sheep. Kiwis have their own thoughts on Australians and sheep too 🙂 So let’s just look at my profile for a minute as someone who’s NOT an Australian:
To my friends in Christchurch, my colleagues, my school mates, �I need to tell you about a great concept that will help the people of this great city to recover.
In Brisbane�s recent floods, Danielle Crismani realised that homemade food would warm people�s hearts. She didn�t realise that as well as the joy of the recipients, the home bakers themselves would be filled with joy from just being able to contribute, many with young children at their feet.
The Mud Army was a term being used by the media to descibe the volunteers that helped thousands of Brisbane residents prepare for and recover from the flooding from the Brisbane River (after the Toowoomba flash floods Mon 10 Jan 2011).� Like mud, the name just stuck.
I had the privilege of being part of the �uniformed division� of the Army in my SES orange overalls.� After watching the news of our regional Queensland towns being flooded, and just wanting to get out to help them, I (along with hundreds of others) was needed in my own backyard.� The weather forecast had not been good, but I had no idea that I�d ever see the Brisbane River get so high.� I also had no idea that the general public would roll up their sleeves and help.
HP is recalling more than 3,000 rechargeable battery packs used in laptop computers due to a potential fire hazard. The voluntary recall comes after the company received reports that a fault in the lithium-ion battery pack could cause it to overheat. HP Australia estimates 3,405 potentially affected battery packs have been sold in Australia.
There have been 19 instances of overheating recorded worldwide but none in Australia.
The company is recalling battery packs sold individually or used in HP Pavilion notebook computer models:
OK, let’s ignore how long it’s been since my last post and just rejoice that due to my great filing system I managed to find my wordpress login details 🙂
Strangest thing in MYOB accounting software – customise a form and insert your own picture/graphic (eg company logo), use the ‘Send to email’ or ‘Send to Disk’ to create an electronic version of your document (invoice/statement etc) … and no picture images appear.