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Stuff You Like: Pockets

Open publication - Free publishing Pockets are surely the greatest innovation in clothing design since humans first thought to cover their loins with cloth. Like miniature backpacks for your pants, not a day goes by that I don't praise pockets for their uncanny ability to be reliable, accessible and discreet. Got some loose change after [...]

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Stuff You Like: Fizzy Red

Open publication - Free publishing - More adelaide Squares call it ‘Raspberry Soft Drink’, but to everyone in the know it’s simply Fizzy Red (or is that just me?). Perfect for when you want a drink of something deliciously bubbly, but don’t want to deal with the guilt of drinking Coca Cola. The sugar, the [...]

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A New Sen-SACE-tion

Open publication - Free publishing - More adelaide In case you haven’t heard, there is a new kid on the education block. The SACE as we know it has been retired and now exists only in certificates gathering dust at the bottom of drawers and Australian Studies related night terrors. There is a now a [...]

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Mere Puffery

Open publication - Free publishing - More adelaide When it comes to cigarettes, the jury is most definitely in. They are not good for you. They might even kill you. We’ve known this for a while, and governments around the world have taken up the fight to eliminate the scourge of tobacco on our society. [...]

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The Learning Hub

Open publication - Free publishing - More art It’s safe to say that the University of Adelaide is permanently in a state of construction. In recent living memory we’ve seen work on Nexus 10, Innova21, the School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, and now we’ve got Illumin8 and the Learning Hub to deal with. To [...]

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Degrees of Knowledge: Mathematics

I’m sitting here writing this while on a break from Maths Camp. I don’t know what moreI cando to preach the virtues of mathematics than the simple act of stating that there exists such a thing as a Maths Camp. Doesn’t even seem worthwhile to continue writing. But I will, because the editors told me [...]

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Review: O'Ball 2010

A review of O'Ball I wrote for Kryztoff. It originally appeared in Issue 11 (April 1, 2010) of the online street mag.   While votes were being counted, and nervous politicians prayed for Kerry O'Brien to give them good news, there was one small crowd of people defiantly turning up their noses toward the whole democracy shindig. [...]

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