Stephen Jay Gould died today.

Melbourne gigolo, 38, who admitted killing a client during an ecstasy and Viagra-fuelled bout of “animalistic” sex was sentenced in the Supreme Court yesterday to seven years’ jail.

Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane accents studied. How do you say ‘celery’? (Think about it before you read the article).

East Timor celebrates as a nation is born. Woohoo!
It’s marred a bit by allegations of John Howard’s dodginess: “A senior UN official last week criticised Australia’s negotiating tactics. “We’ve been a little bit surprised Australia is playing such hard ball,” said the official, who asked not to be identified.”

Microsoft (and Hotmail) sucks (but you knew that already).

Star Wars vs War on Terror(ism)

Online home loans get XML standard push. Someone’s finally using XML as it was designed to be used.

Now that I have a job, I can start shopping again. But which one do I want?