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https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/9308685/new-utes-australia-would-go-nuts-for/ Mini utes are the next big car trend, but could these smallSUV-based utilities be a hit in Australia or prove a very big miss? Just like fashion trends our taste in cars goes in cycles, with often the same style coming back just with a bit of a twist. We've been through the people-mover phase a few times, the…
Macquarie University, for constitutional law, had the infamous 24 hour final paper. At the beginning of the 24 hour final, the question was posted on a noticeboard in the law building. You had to then figure out a way to write the paper, print it, and submit it in a box under the noticeboard within 24 hours. - Ji Eun Choi, 16th July 2026 I love a challenge. I also can not leave well alone.…
The problem with humans living firstly in the twentieth century and then the twenty first century, is that we can pretty well get everything we need all the time. The number of people living in extreme poverty where absolutely basic things like food, shelter, and clothing, aren't being met, has fallen to the point where now this purely exists as an allocation issue. This isn't to say that people…
There is a skate clothing brand called SMP, which has never stated what the acronym stands for and has been deliberately left undefined. Depending on what the marketing department wanted to do at the time, SMP in various as campaigns has stood for: Skate More Parks, Surf More Pipes, So Much Possibilities, and particularly useful for the purposes of this post Sex Money Power. That last set of…
There is a legend which relates to the invention of the number zero, which probably isn't true but inadvertently demonstrates something interesting. To wit: A man was arguing with a trader in a marketplace, over the price of spices and they came to a disagreement. "None of these numbers are amounts that I want to pay," he said to himself. So he considered all of the numbers and drew a circle in…
It seems to me that the vast majority of people when questioned if they think that they are a "good person" will answer in the affirmative. The reason for this is at least twofold as it rests on the twin pillars of the fact that humans must invariably be the centre of their own perception of the universe, coupled with the fact that good self-esteem is basis of how one determines their own overall…
Not for the first time an overseas "diplomatic mission" by Donald Trump, has achieved practically nothing. On this occasion, Trump's visit to China to meet with Xi Jingping, not only didn't result in any kind of discernable outcome but also didn't really improve relations between the two nations. In fact, the one thing that it did manage to achieve, was a glib confirmation that the projection of…
I am a human in possession of a body with systems that I do not understand and with a brain that I also do not understand. I am not equipped with any kind of system manual, nor do I fully understand the signals that the various systems give me. Emotions are things that I would prefer not to have. Pain seems useful to me as a warning system but as someone who has been injured and damaged…
Almost two years ago, I conducted a highly unscientific study to work out the likelihood of someone who has a truck (I only found one actual ute this time around) and them actually using it for "work". Horse 3332 - You Likely Do Not Need A Truck For Work and You Are Not Going To Use It For Work Either. Once upon a time, in the days when you could actually buy sedans, and hatchbacks, and wagons,…
Some people have a favourite number. This is likely because as pattern seeking machines, people want to see familiarity arise again and again. Their favourite number might relate to a birthday or some other important thing or event in their life. This is all well and good but I have a nemesis number. Just like my irrational dislike of seafood because I do not respect anything that the sea wants me…
