Archive for month: December, 2008

Copenhagen Home of the Little Mermaid

27 December, 2008 (04:35) | Uncategorized | By: The Chief Technology Officer

Almost everyone who comes to Copenhagen visits the little mermaid harbour. Hans Christian Andersen’s popular story is about a young mermaid willing to give up her life in the sea and her identity as a mermaid to gain a human soul and the love of a human prince.
Love is capricious. In the end, the unhappy [...]

Tehran: Capital of Iran

25 December, 2008 (08:57) | Uncategorized | By: The Chief Technology Officer

Tehran is currently among the most populated capitals on earth, yet for many centuries Tehran was nothing more than a small, insignificant city on the stage of world history.
Aga Muhammed Khan, founder of the Qajar dynasty, chose Tehran as the capital of the Persian Empire in 1795, largely because of its location on the cool [...]

You Gotta See the Santa Swarm

23 December, 2008 (06:45) | Uncategorized | By: The Chief Technology Officer

Once in a while you see something interesting for Christmas. This is one such thing.

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Dear Senator Stephen Conroy - Open Letter about Australian Internet Censorship

23 December, 2008 (01:35) | Uncategorized | By: The Chief Technology Officer

Senator Stephen Conroy
Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
Level 4, 4 Treasury Place
Melbourne Vic 3002
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Dear Minister Conroy,
I have never written to a government minister before, but I have serious concerns about the Rudd Government’s mandatory Internet filtering plan. Given the importance your Government has attached to modernising Australia’s broadband network, pursuing [...]