You know what, fuck it, this had me. As a technophile and as a dad.
Jobs talks about the magical intersection of liberal arts and technology, and the bit in this video about where the mum talks about how technology allows her Autistic son to communicate just hits that magic.
Technology isn’t about “Retina Displays”, USB slots or front-facing cameras, it’s about what it helps us to do, helps us to be.
Aarrgghhh FU Twitter. I was about to go on a drunken rant about about LGBT rights in Islamic nations. But you’re failing me. Not fail whaling me, just failing me. So I won’t. But if you’re not informed, look it up. It’s bad.
Managed to completely destroy the theme I was using, with no backup. Reverted to a free theme with negligible customisation. Blah. I look so generic now…
Tony Abbott responding to US Col Jim Creighton’s claim that “some mistakes during combat”, the mistakes that lead to the death of Lance Corporal Jared MacKinney in August 2010 (via rememberwhentonysaid)
Remember when Tony used his opposition to the flood levy to ask for donations to his political party, on the basis that “hardworking Australians” were “struggling to meet their own family budgets”.