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Taking Care of Alison

The American conservatives who are fighting health-care reform are filthy hypocritical lying scum.

23 August 09 in : point of view Tags: health care, obama, ongoing, tim bray

Musée d'Orsay Renovates - Canberra Wins

Renovations to the Musée d'Orsay post-impressionist galleries provide a once in a lifetime opportunity for The National Gallery of Australia in Canberra.

Musée d'Orsay is loaning the Canberra NGA 114 works by Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Paul Cezanne, Georges Seurat, Pierrre Bonnard, Claude Monet, Maurice Denis and Edouard Vuillard.

Via: ABC News

This blockbuster follows The Triumph of Landscapes held last year and proves there are some benefits to living in Canberra.

Tailfins of 1959

Tailfins of 1959 - Interactive Graphic - NYTimes.com

Cadillac Tailfin Image

Related NYT Article

The definition of bang for auto buck has changed in 50 years.

Spent yesterday pre-shopping a Prius and function has certainly replaced form.
The LED light in the Prius Glovebox is always on, more efficient than including a switch.
The 2009 Prius doesn't have a spare tyre/wheel, just a can of goo to get you to the next Service Station. And you wanted fins as well!!

02 August 09 in : point of view Tags: car, NYT

Flash Comes To Chromium

Chromium Build Version 3.0.197 (31/08/09) now plays Flash, with some difficulty.
YouTube videos seem okay with odd scaling issues and it struggles with cursor interaction on the odd Flash Animation.

A marked improvement on earlier builds.

01 August 09 in : News and Resources, Browsers, Flash Tags: Browser, chromium, Google, Mac

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