The Last Argument

Yet more hilarious videos from YouTube. See also the Karaoke version .

Musical accompaniment to the end of the world. Very funny This was apparently produced on Songsmith , a program which takes an input (here ...

The heatwave here in Melbourne is finally abating, thankfully... See what happened when the temperature hit 45.1 C on Friday.

Found this on youtube. Not enough people spend their free time creating home made music videos to kitch 80s funk.

I have been a bit preoccupied over the last few months with my crappy job and the credit crunch (hint: it's a little uncomfortable being...

I want to say something about the statement 'tax cuts increases inflation' that is being thrown around a lot lately. This is being u...

The Australian budget was released Tuesday , and why in the most part I (and the commentators ) thought it was a sensible budget, there were...

Was going to post on some of the forecasts in the budget, in fact had written the post, found all the links to the budget, RBA statements et...

The Australian budget has been released today . As expected Australia is cutting taxes. I myself am receiving $1,100 extra in the year fro...

No quick news today. Was very busy and didn't have much of a chance to browse news sites. I will post separately on the articles I found...

Tuesday, April 29 2008: New Zealand exchange rate to keep plunging It looks like the NZ dollar is to keep falling . And the current falls ar...

Some recent updates on the Opes Prime saga: Opes Prime collapse hits Singapore The Opes Prime collapse has spread overseas causing a mini s...

I have decided to quickly post the links I collect each day, including any little comments I have, on the topics I want to cover but do not ...

Here are some links I intended to post on during the past week but was unable to due to being really freaking busy. New Zealand The Treasury...

This is a pretty powerful image of the impact the credit crunch (or what ever you want to call it) is having on the world's banks. As th...

Stuff led with the attention grabbing headline 'One in 10 Kiwis eyeing Australia ' this morning. The article discusses the latest Fa...

There is a general principle in law that a penalty in a contract is unenforceable . There is currently a test case in the UK as to whether t...

This isn't really an 'Australia v NZ' post, but this does follow on from a post on the foreign investment issue I have made bef...

They said it couldn't be done, but Tresling is finally here! Combining Tetris and Arm Wrestling only the strong (and nerdy) need parta...

Irish Airline Aer Lingus mistakenly offered transatlantic return business class fares for 5 euros . They certainly look silly but what are t...

It seems that Fisher and Paykel has linked their moving of manufacturing overseas with the recently signed free trade deal. Although to be f...

This article goes through the lead up to Opes Prime collapse and gives a good summary of why it fell over and what questions are still unans...

The NBR has an article on John Key's statement of not selling any state owned assets during in his first term and say it is good politic...

All nerdy politics people should see this article for the US democratic debate drinking game. I think you will probably be drinking more if ...

This article sets out the likely extent of the upcoming Australian tax cuts. They may seem rather 'Cullen- esc ' but just remember t...

The Business Spectator has a slightly chilling article on the conflicting interests between the US and the rest of the world when it comes ...

I briefly blogged yesterday about the BHP Billiton play for Rio Tinto. Today both stocks surged up on speculation that BHP was about to inc...

Much to my disgust, the Biggest Loser has become a regular feature on my evening TV. Try as I might, I cannot escape the morbid fascination ...

I was going to blog on the Electoral Finance Act and Heather Roy's newsletter that has been deemed to be a party advertisement, however ...

New Zealand is quickly making its attitude to foreign investment known. The Canadian Pension Plans bid for AIAL was rejected in a process c...

I was away in Sydney on a few days business and holiday. While there I saw this very large protest . I thought it was strange at the time as...

Melbourne newspaper and news website 'The Age' has been been found out as having let external forces determine how it reports the ne...

Wow, I go away for a few days without access to the Internet and a lot happens. A few stories that caught my attention this evening while c...