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Comment on Celebrating Australia Day by Grant

Grant — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:14:26 +0000

@Toby — thanks, and my pleasure. Ang and I both continue to be impressed, inspired and challenged. It really is a bright spot for us.

@Joe — awesome to hear you’re looking at citizenship this year, and of course unsurprised you’re taking such a considered approach to it in terms of understanding and respecting its history. And I totally agree “There is definitely a rich tradition of honourable behaviour across the entire spectrum of people in this country.” I do try to remember the “honourable” individuals and acts that appear in history, even in its dark moments. That’s one of the things that I really appreciated about the First Australians doco series — it did take the time to acknowledge the contributions of many people that were lights among the darkness.

Comment on Celebrating Australia Day by Toby

Toby — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:20:38 +0000

Terrific post, Grant, and thanks for the kind words about SBS programming

Comment on Celebrating Australia Day by joe

joe — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:01:18 +0000

Thanks for these very cogent thoughts Grant. I have heard many people planning picnics, BBQs and drinking, but no one mentioning what they feel about this history.

There is definitely a rich tradition of honourable behaviour across the entire spectrum of people in this country. There are also many events that require sober recollection.

I will be given the opportunity to apply to become an Australian this year. I am taking my research seriously and plan to spend some time understanding more about the history of this nation, both good and bad.

As someone from another nation with a chequered past in relation to how it treated, and still treats, its’ original occupants, I feel Australia day will continue to suffer under a lack of respect for the real history of all ancestors of the current occupants.

Comment on Just don’t call him an environmentalist by Greg

Greg — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:43:59 +0000

I love this post. Would make a great letter to the telegraph!

Comment on Where did Subaru’s design go? by Grant

Grant — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:24:12 +0000

‘devolved into a sort of “make them all a bit knobbly” thing’ — couldn’t have put it better myself… such a great description

Your Impreza definitely falls into the “good” category in my book. So looks like it might just be a case of waiting a generation or two then…

Comment on Where did Subaru’s design go? by Ben Buchanan

Ben Buchanan — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:54:41 +0000

They’re due a decent range… there used to be a sort of “two conservative generations then something cool” approach, but it seems to have devolved into a sort of “make them all a bit knobbly” thing. I really don’t get why they made the Forrester so big, either.

Not that I have any desire to get rid of my MY06 “aero nose” Impreza, still love that car. So a bit moot for me.

If you’re looking for a larger model I think second hand’s the go – there were some great looking ones a few years back and with Subi maintenance you should be able to buy second hand without too much drama. It’s really only the WRX and STi models you have to be wary of.

Comment on Thoughts on the iPad vs. MacBook by John Baker

John Baker — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 11:52:54 +0000

It does depend on what type of work you do but I get the distinct feeling many of the people I see trying to use an iPad as their primary ‘production’ device are really suffering for their art – they are the digital equivalent of a pair of stilettos. It looks shit hot but not very practical…

I have an iPad2 and it is very convenient and the ultimate consumption device, but up against my MBP with an SSD in it, there’s no comparison for when I need to get ‘real’ work done. For traveling I think an 11″ Air would be the duck’s guts, especially now they have Thunderbolt.

Comment on Long time, no post by Final thoughts… | Hello Sunday Morning

Final thoughts… | Hello Sunday Morning — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 03:27:28 +0000

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Comment on Thoughts on the iPad vs. MacBook by Ashley Brown

Ashley Brown — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 08:16:46 +0000

Yep, I hear you. One development that is looking like it will tip in favour of the ‘iPad as primary device’ is the fact that my work is now trialling virtual desktop over citrix (I’m in the pilot group). I’ve been playing with this on my iPhone and my Mac at home and am amazed at how many of the ‘heavy lifting’ tasks I can get done through the citrix environment (access to enterprise apps, intranets, etc, as well as access to a full email client and filesystem with standard desktop apps like Word, PowerPoint and Excel). Of course, I’m still hanging out for the next iPad release …or rather, hanging out for the next *announcement* to decide whether I wait or not.

…mind you, I guess all of the above would still be do-able (and possibly more so) on a MacBook Air. Decisions, decisions…

Comment on Long time, no post by HSM – final thoughts

HSM – final thoughts — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 07:13:15 +0000

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