Ban live export

Take a minute of your time to visit this website, plug in your name and send it to Julia Gillard and the arigucultural minister. The way these cattles are treated is appalling.



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Oprah Winfrey

The Oprah Windfrey Show has been a postive force in thousands of lives over the last 25 years. This week, we finally say good bye.

Samsung Series 9

It is not exactly an Apple Air, but pretty close. Razor thin and packed with grunt. The only thing that is missing is a battery that can last all day.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

MasterChef Australia

Nothing in life is easy, really. If you have not come to that realisation yet - you better. You want something, you dream, work, and pray for it. Think about it, in the toilet, in the kitchen, in the bedroom. That's how Rodney Hide got the Epsom seat. That is how he lost it too, he no long want it the way he used to.You want it hard enough, work your ass off for it. Simple.

Just look at how many people applied to be on this year's MasterChef. 7000. Imagine that. And what sort of people they're looking for? Have a look for yourself and see whether you've got what it takes.

Gok Wan

''We've got this guy. He's very unusual looking. He's a bit camp. He's mixed race. He used to be fat. And he's a fashion stylist,'' Wan says of the pitch. ''I was like an application form for public funding.''


Brilliant.

Olympus XZ-1

I was slow to embrace the era of digital camera. My first one, a 1MP Olympus, served me well for a few years at the turn of the century. The technology advanced so quickly that my second one, which I bought in 2006 was already a 8MP one, the Panasonic LX-1. I'm still shooting with it today. 

One can argue things have advanced a lot since then, yet, none of the new features seem worthy of a major replacement. I was attracted by the S95 last year, but am now even more interested in this XZ-1. F1.8 len on a non-SLR camera. Simply beautiful.

Your capacity to love

There are disasters everywhere: Chile, Queensland, Christchurch, Japan, Vanuatu. In these different times, it is the your capacity to love that will make a difference. In essence, the power of humanity is love - unconditional love that demands no return.

Much can be said also about how we treat each other, not just in the time of crisis, but in time of peace. 

Let's all increase our capacity to love. This is nothing novel really. The motto of my school is "To love and to serve".

Happy Times

To many, the RACP written exam is just another hurdle in one's physician career. And, in fact, it is simply that. To think or treat it otherwise is taking yourself too seriously, not a wise move.

Congratulations to all those who passed; one quiz down, another one to go. To those who didn't, give it another go if you are serious about it. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

747-8

The glamor of air travel - 40 years ago the 747 transformed the world. Let's hope the new 747 will add some magic to the world again.