http://blog2.zog.net.au lets get lazy and blog using wordpress Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:54:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en from XKCD: and kind of related.... Zany Fatwah's part one: A controversy is brewing in Saudi Arabia over a new fatwa issued that advocates, er, adult breastfeeding. http://blog2.zog.net.au/2010/06/09/burning-kindle/ The bike is still going fine. The packrack cracked and needs repair, a nut came loose on it and I didn't notice causing uneven weight distribution. Battery a bit more faded, but still more than enough grunt to go to work and back and can hit the rated speed without pedalling. http://blog2.zog.net.au/2010/03/26/just-clocked-up-5000-km-on-the-greenewheels-bike/ For more than a week, Ria Ramkissoon watched passively as her one-year-old son wasted away, denied food and water because the older woman she lived with said it was God's will. http://blog2.zog.net.au/2010/02/28/baby-starved-to-death-because-he-did-not-say-amen/ no greater joy than showings gods love with a rubber hose http://blog2.zog.net.au/2010/02/24/kindly-christians-beat-their-daughter-to-death-cant-spare-the-rod-or-you-might-spoil-the-child/ I can't really say any more than this site already says in detail. And I'm making a point of linking to the .COM.AU version of the domain. AUDAs snivelling pathetic bahaviour has been duly noted. Sometimes you have to state the bleeding obvious. When did all these jackbooted extremists creep into the Laboral ... http://blog2.zog.net.au/2010/01/31/stephen-conroy-minister-for-fascism/ I have nicknamed them cheapowave as they are using some ideas from the "econowave" project as documented at AudioKarma, but using less expensive compression drivers. Given the total parts so far is about AUD $680 not actually that cheap, but the results are good. Will document these in more detail in ... http://blog2.zog.net.au/2009/12/24/cheapowave-speakers-built/ Mom expected God to provide food, daughter testifies in this New Jersey News article. Over three months in 2006, as her five children grew more emaciated and listless by the day, Estelle Walker made no move to find a job, no effort to scrounge up a meal, her kids told ... http://blog2.zog.net.au/2009/12/05/mom-expected-god-to-provide-food-daughter-testifies/ Well its now well over a year of riding the greenewheels bike and still going well. I did have to get the bottom bracket fixed, it had started getting very loose, though this is evidently quite normal "consumable" in any bike getting a lot of use. The bike shop didn't have ... http://blog2.zog.net.au/2009/10/11/bottom-bracket-worn-got-it-repaired-battery-a-bit-weaker-but-still-fine/ "The mother of an 11-year-old girl who died of undiagnosed diabetes as the family prayed for her to get better has testified that she believes sickness is caused by sin and can be cured by God." From The Age: http://www.theage.com.au/world/dead-girls-mother-sickness-caused-by-sin-20090729-e0et.html http://blog2.zog.net.au/2009/07/29/an-11-year-old-girl-who-died-of-undiagnosed-diabetes-as-the-family-prayed-for-her-to-get-better/ Well just a status update.. the lack of posting about the bike is actually a reflection of it's reliability... still commuting on it near every day, still enjoying it. http://blog2.zog.net.au/2009/07/17/1-year-and-3000km-later-and-all-is-well/