July 2010
Wikileaks releases classified Afghanistan war... →
An archive of classified U.S. military logs spanning six years, more than 91,000 documents, and 200,000 pages, was today made available by WikiLeaks. The papers show a picture of the war in Afghanistan that is far more grim, and far less hopeful, than previously portrayed. The New York Times, London’s Guardian newspaper and Der Spiegel in Germany were offered early access to the archive, the...
The Great Debate #ausdebate - YouReckon.com by... →
93% of the World Is Not on Facebook →
Facebook will today announce that it has reached 500 million users. This number is incredible, and perhaps even more impressive is the rate at which the social network is growing. Just five months ago they had 400 million users. The site’s user base has grown by 25% in less than half a year. Incredible stuff.
I Write Like →
Check which famous writer you write like with this statistical analysis tool, which analyzes your word choice and writing style and compares them with those of the famous writers. Any text in English will do: your latest blog post, journal entry, comment, chapter of your unfinished book, etc. For reliable results paste at least a few paragraphs (not tweets).
Play the game for more than you can afford to lose…only then will you learn the...
– Winston Churchill (via theimpossiblecool)
Pirate Party Australia: Moving Forward →
With Julia Gillard calling the election for August 21 it is with some regret that we must announce we will not be able to contest this election as a Party. Our application to register is before the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC), however a Party cannot be registered once an election has been called.
This does not mean that you won’t hear from us this election. We’ll continue to...