Shaun Johnston

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Conroy's Web | newmatilda.com
Source: newmatilda.com

Raena Lea-Shannon unravels the web of intrigue surrounding the Communication Minister’s internet censorship plan
19/11/2008 22:28:47
GetUp! Campaign Actions
Source: www.getup.org.au

NEWSFLASH: David Hicks has chosen to break his silence for the first time. Watch his video message to GetUp members and sign the petition below calling for a full review of our anti-terror laws, including the unnecessary control orders.
19/11/2008 19:40:09
Australian Gov't Mandatory ISP Filtering/Censorship Plan
Source: libertus.net

About the Australian Government Mandatory ISP Internet Filtering / Censorship Plan 2008 - a blow by blow breakdown.
19/11/2008 18:29:48
Resurrecting the Mammoth?
Source: arstechnica.com

The star of the ancient DNA world has, so far, been the Neanderthal, presumably because it can tell us things about ourselves. But Neanderthal DNA is, unfortunately, in absolutely terrible shape; when sequencing with samples from Neanderthal bones, the vast majority of DNA that comes out is bacterial. As it turns out, however, there is one extinct species that has extraordinarily well-preserved DNA, and it's well on its way to having its genome completed: the mammoth.
19/11/2008 18:26:54
Storm Photos from Sunday, 16th Nov 2008
Source: apps.facebook.com
this pdf was forwarded to me
16/11/2008 23:54:50
Gobekli Tepe: The World’s First Temple? | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine
Source: www.smithsonianmag.c...

Six miles from Urfa, an ancient city in southeastern Turkey, Klaus Schmidt has made one of the most startling archaeological discoveries of our time: massive carved stones about 11,000 years old, crafted and arranged by prehistoric people who had not yet developed metal tools or even pottery.
14/11/2008 00:50:08
Louis Armstrong goes into bat for sleepless residents
Source: www.abc.net.au

Plagued for three years by the screeching of thousands of flying foxes roosting around her southern Queensland home, Val Ireland is sleeping soundly again
12/11/2008 15:47:22
The Good Cancer? - Well Blog - NYTimes.com
Source: well.blogs.nytimes.c...

More than two million American men are currently living with prostate cancer, yet the national conversation about the disease consistently falls short. My colleague Dana Jennings, a writer and editor for The Times, was diagnosed with prostate cancer seven months ago. ...
11/11/2008 19:29:58
At Least We Don't Live in America! | newmatilda.com
Source: newmatilda.com

For the past eight years, that has been the default reaction to most of our national inadequacies, writes Bob Dumpling. We no longer have the United States to kick around
10/11/2008 22:03:22
90yo placed in care after decaying siblings found in home
Source: www.abc.net.au
"The decaying remains of three siblings have been found in the Chicago home of their 90-year-old sister, according to US media reports."
10/11/2008 15:20:45
ABC learning collapse is a policy failure
Source: www.crikey.com.au
Successive governments have failed to think long-term about the provision of childcare for Australians. It’s time the Rudd Government corrected that failure, writes Bernard Keane.
09/11/2008 22:33:46
Obama Grabs Headlines
Source: obama2008.s3.amazona...

Obama headlines from around the world
08/11/2008 08:04:45
Entropy by MC Hawking
Source: au.youtube.com

funny entropy video
07/11/2008 21:49:34
Ballmer "Interested" In Open Source Browser Engine
Source: tech.slashdot.org
"Why is IE still relevant and why is it worth spending money on rendering engines when there are open source ones available that can respond to changes in Web standards faster?"
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http://www.techworld.com.au/article/266449/microsoft_interested_open_source_browser_ballmer
06/11/2008 23:47:15
stop-censorship mailing list
Source: lists.efa.org.au
The stop-censorship mailing list is for discussion about censorship in Australia and methods of fighting it. This includes censorship in all forms, whether by governments, corporations, the media, educational institutions, individuals, etc. ...
I urge anyone interested in Australian censorship issues to subscribe to this list, if only to receive a summary of the discussions rather than to participate in them.
06/11/2008 02:19:15