While a fellow Atlassian recently lamented losing his number one position on Google after five years on top, for the first time ever, I now appear as the number one hit for “Christopher Owen“. While I have been the number one hit on google.com.au for some time, on google.com I had been battling the awesome …
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Joy from a stick
A recent MSN article on the downfall of the joystick (via Slashdot Games) stirred up memories of my most favourite incarnations of this venerable gaming peripheral: Multicoin Amusement’s Starcursor series. I actually had the second and less bulkier version of this Australian designed and made gem, the Starblazer, which served me well for years until …
Not any Helvetica I know
Just after I swore I would use my Linux box at home for real work rather than constantly battling with configuration and upkeep I’ve spent about two hours tonight trying to get any web page using the Helvetica font not to look like total arse (read: aliased) in Firefox. It turns out that, at least …
Confessions
I have a confession to make. Ever since I was young I’ve loved watching election night TV coverage. Tonight is no exception. All the graphs and talk of swings and distributions. Channel 9’s coverage even includes a “ding, ding” every time the Labor party picks up a needed seat. Is there therapy for this type …