From the I-hate-subeditors department I read a headline on the ABC today: “Study paves way for 500,000-song MP3 player“. It caught my eye: was this some amazing new technology that was only good for storing compressed music files? No, they’re just dumbing-down a technology article so that ‘the masses’ understand it. What’s worse is that
On being “mate”
Growing up, my Dad always called me ‘mate’. It’s interesting now that I have a son (I have a son! Wow!) that I find myself doing the same thing: I call Jack ‘mate’ all the time. On the left you’ll see a picture of Dad messing about with my nephew, Toby. Of course, dad never
