Experts call for end of flushing toilets on World Toilet Day
news.com.au — As the world celebrates World Toilet Day, sanitation experts have called for dry dunnies because flushing is "unsustainable." By the way - in the photo, yes, the guy's watching a tv mounted on the floor while he's on the john......More… (Technology)
The Headiest, Chillest Video Game Programmer of All Time
esquire.com — Great, gonzo profile of indie developer Jason Rohrer's solitary and stubborn quest for a future in which pixels and code and computers will make you cry and feel and love. (With new game download!).....More… (Technology)
DeFi will serve up VoIP over WiFi on iPhone
arstechnica.com — VoIP over WiFi with a flat-rate monthly charge for both calls and the network?what's the catch? Provider DeFi says they can deliver it all: now to Nokia S60 phones, and soon to iPhones......More… (Technology)
Lecturer wins award for pregnancy testing cattle
abc.net.au — A Northern Territory lecturer has received a national teaching award for his work training people to pregnancy test cattle. Doctor Brian Heim received the Trade and Skills Teacher of the Year award last night in Darwin......More… (Business)
Deal between Air NZ and Air Canada could hurt travellers
theage.com.au — The competition watchdog believes a business deal between Air New Zealand and Air Canada could hurt Australian consumers. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has moved to block a proposed deal between the two airlines on flights ........More… (Business)
Nation's antiwhaling stance "an inspiration": Sea Shepherd
thewest.com.au — A man who tackles the annual Japanese whaling campaign head-on said Australia’s thirty years of anti-whaling action was “an incredible inspiration......More… (Politics)
Wood verdict 13 years in the making
abc.net.au — By Keryn Bradbury Gordon Wood (right) with friend Peter Cameron at The Gap, after Caroline Byrne's body was found there in 1995......More… (Politics)
EU Farm Ministers Agree to Agricultural Reforms
voanews.com — By Lisa Bryant European Union farm ministers have agreed to agricultural reforms that include cuts in some subsidies and shifting more money into rural development......More… (International)