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Home Town(s) Rule! ·
The BBC reports that the Economist Intelligence Unit reports that the two best places in the world to live are Vancouver and Melbourne. The accompanying picture, featuring former Prime Minister Paul Martin, who’s from Québec, with a dorky-looking Mountie, is pretty lame. But still, thereby hangs a tale ... [8 comments]
M.C.G. Seat Installation ·
M.C.G. is short for Melbourne Cricket Ground, which is to cricket something like Yankee Stadium is to baseball. I want there to watch some cricket, but it got rained out an over and a bit after we got there (saw one LBW on a vicious fast ball). The M.C.G.’s under construction and I found out how they put the seats in stadiums. (Warning: contains 6M QuickTime movie) ...
Melbourne, Wed-Thu ·
On this Oz trip I’ll post random shots and commentary here, with no theme but place; which for a few more days is Melbourne, a very fine city indeed. In this instalment buttons, thread, and thoughts on business models ...
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