Tag Archives: Crikey

QotD: Guy Rundle

July 23, 2009 – 14:01

The whole thing shows that if you have a basic contempt for the idea of government — that you wanted it to be small enough to “get it in the bathtub and drown it” — then it will come back at with you with failure that threatens the very basis of orderly life itself. California’s getting a lesson in […]

By Jeff Waugh | Posted in Quote of the Day | Also tagged Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, conservatism, government, guy rundle, USA | Comments (4)

Barack Obama celebrates National Andrew Bolt is a Dickhead Day

June 3, 2009 – 18:36

(This stupid joke, and the linked cartoon which inspired it, will be difficult for international readers to understand. It might make slightly more sense if you replace “Andrew Bolt” with “Rush Limbaugh” as you read it, while noting that a true analogue to Limbaugh simply doesn’t exist in the Australian commentariat. Despite having our own […]

By Jeff Waugh | Posted in Asides | Also tagged Andrew Bolt, Barack Obama, First Dog on the Moon | Comments (11)

Intriguing sessions at WordCamp Australia…

November 28, 2008 – 20:41

If you’re missing out on WordCamp Australia this weekend, you might really be missing out! A bunch of sessions that will be of particular interest to WordPress fans (and fans of all things new and groovy) have snuck their way into the published schedule, including:

“Launch: Prologue Groups” at 11:05 on Saturday, from Sam Bauers and […]

By Jeff Waugh | Posted in General | Also tagged automattic, conference, Crikey Blogs, WordCamp, wordcampau, WordPress | Comments (1)

WordCamp Australia 2008

November 10, 2008 – 18:08

WordCamp Australia 2008 will be held in Sydney at the end of the month, right before OSDC… and I intend to celebrate my first WordCamp by giving a talk!
Yes, I will dimly glow next to such bright stars in the universe of WordPress as Matt Mullenweg and Jane Wells (who is kicking butt with the […]

By Jeff Waugh | Posted in General | Also tagged blogging, conference, Crikey Blogs, jane wells, matt mullenweg, WordCamp, WordPress | Comments (3)