Roger Federer has just won the 2006 Australian Open tennis championship. The real story this year was that of his runner-up, Markos Baghdatis, who ranked 54, but was able to march through the draw regardless and garnered (or garniered) huge support from the local Cypriot and Greek communities. It was no surprise Federer won, of [...]

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Wikipedia is an addictive beast. I finally got around to watching Gone With The Wind tonight and, astonished at my lack of American Civil War knowledge, thought I’d check on Wikipedia for some info. Two hours later and I now know a whole lot more about a disjointed stack of stuff, including George Washington, the [...]

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It looks like the graffiti scene in Melbourne has lost at least two of its most prolific members, Bonez and Stan. I’m not a big fan of graffiti, particularly when it’s just tagging, but these guys are unbelievable. I don’t think I have seen a suburb in Melbourne that hasn’t borne the 70k tags. One [...]

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