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Smiffy comments on world events, and other items in the news.

What Gives - Smiffy's Corollary

"We’re all freaking killing ourselves" says Derek Featherstone in a blog post, essential reading for those wrestling with the work/life balance - and losing. This article presents a couple of related lessons that I have learned regarding Quality of Work and Quality of Life.

Published:

Tuesday, 6th October 2009

Rudd Stimulus Package lets down struggling small businesses

The Rudd Government's Economic Stimulus Package is letting down struggling small businesses.

Audience:

Australians - especially small business owners.

Published:

Monday, 27th April 2009;
last updated on Tuesday, 28th April 2009

Amazon, MP3 and Vaporware

Still no sign of MP3 sales from Amazon.com to international customers. Is this just Amazon Vaporware?

Audience:

People who buy music; refugees from iTunes;

Published:

Monday, 15th September 2008

Sun to buy MySQL

Sun Microsystems announces that it is going to buy MySQL AB. That's rather exciting.

Audience:

IT industry, users of Sun and MySQL products.

Published:

Friday, 18th January 2008;
last updated on Sunday, 10th February 2008

Blogathon 2007

Smiffy returns to his writings after a three-month silence and makes some excuses.

Published:

Monday, 10th December 2007;
last updated on Monday, 1st September 2008

Another Sildenafil Story: Jetlagged Hamsters

From the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a study in the treatment of jetlagged hamsters using sildenafil.

Million Dollar Bath Stolen

CatererSearch reports the theft of a million dollar gold bath from a Japanese hotel.

Published:

Tuesday, 5th June 2007

Huitres aux Citrate de Sildenafil

The phenomenon that is bound to upset Google's Zeitgeist - oysters fed with a popular PDE5 inhibitor. Smiffy Comments.

Published:

Sunday, 3rd June 2007;
last updated on Monday, 4th June 2007
Smiffy's badly-drawn Tintin.

Georges Prosper Remi - 100 Years On

Today is the centenary of the birth of the late Georges Prosper Remi, better known as Hergé, creator of the character Tintin.

Published:

Tuesday, 22nd May 2007;
last updated on Wednesday, 23rd May 2007

Backups - If I had a dollar...

The User Friendly cartoon strip for today has a theme close to Smiffy's heart.

Published:

Thursday, 5th April 2007