You might have noticed a change.

Yep, I've applied another mask to the increasingly pocked face of sw'as. I had been preparing for full on facelift, but I've since decided on a more holistic approach is what's required. This little corner of the 'net will soon be joining the growing number of corners powered by Habari. Hence I've decided not to bother going nuts with a redisign and writing a new theme for WordPress which I'll just have to convert. It might take a bit longer, but it'll be worth it.

Greens: Taking the Government to task

Andrew Bartlett posts today at Crikey on the political prospects of The Greens as a third party in our 'two party' system. In his (always insightful) analysis he makes mention of the inevitable internal tensions about direction within the Greens over whether their effort to grow the party's support base should focus on trying to consolidate "the more doctrinaire left wing vote" or "broaden their appeal to capture some of the 'small l' liberal1 vote that the Democrats2 used to get." The Australian Democrats are in a hard place right now, but I for one, hope we haven't seen the ... more

Tilt shifting in the extreme

I've seen some awesome tilt-shift photography before, but this takes it to a level of awesomeness never before seen. Bathtub II from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.

Another update from Laura

Ho hum. Probably naïve of me, but I had no idea how focused London is on the finances of the world. UK television, newspapers, current affairs shows every single day are dominated by news of all the bank collapses and money woes and recession talk. It’s all a bit doom and gloom at the moment, isn’t it? For the first time in my life, I’m also in an industry (recruitment of all things) where people lose their jobs and lose them quickly. No fat cats at all, but people like secretaries, accountants, help desk workers, consultants and techies I was ... more

Eagle Eye

Against my better judgement, I went and saw the movie Eagle Eye on the weekend. Eagle Eye is a hybrid political/action thriller starring Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson, Michael Chiklis, Anthony Mackie, Ethan Embry and Billy Bob Thornton. The movie seems to be receiving fairly average reviews, and I really wasn't expecting much, but as it turns out, I was pleasantly surprised. It's by no means a masterpiece, but definitely a skilled execution in a genre where so many go wrong. The storyline is interesting (even if it is based on a well used premise), with just enough twists ... more