I'm an Australian, based in the Washington, DC, area of the United States. I spend a lot of time there with Jasmine, Australia's best-known speedsolver of the Rubik's Cube. Prior to the US, Jasmine and I were based in London, UK. We have also lived previously in the United States and Australia.
I have worked for an Australian business rules and compliance company since 1999 in Australia, the US and the UK. I have also lectured in IT and Law related topics at King's College, London, and at The Australian National University.
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- David (Greenomics)
- Paul's Ramblings (music)
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Mon, 18 Oct 2004 [Australian eastern time]
Distress at the state of television
The state of American television can be pretty distressing -- plastic surgery-based reality shows everywhere when you want to watch something with a bit of substance, and never the episode of Dr 90210 you keep missing when you are in the mood for some frivolous and superficial plastic surgery action.
I do not know what my television thinks of my trashy viewing habits, but one American flat-screen TV recently took matters into its own hands, emitting an international distress signal. According to a report on CNN (drawing on Reuters):
An Oregon man discovered earlier this month that his year-old Toshiba Corporation flat-screen TV was emitting an international distress signal picked up by a satellite, leading a search and rescue operation to his apartment in Corvallis, Oregon, 70 miles south of Portland.
Toshiba offered to replace the TV for free with another one that did not emit a 121.5 MHz distress signal.
On a completely different note, I have not been doing a great job of adding to this site of late. Work has been non-stop, and I have been doing some travel, and one of my brothers has just flown into Washington DC for a few days. But I will try to post more very soon!