My sister is having a helluva time deciding between Medicine and Dentistry. Factors favour each differently, with Med having the edge at the moment. One of her main concerns with Medicine, though, is that it will take such a long time - it’ll be approximately 12 to 13 years before she’s fully qualified, either as an independent GP or a specialist. Dentistry, on the other hand, takes less time, but the factor of which city is also in the mix - Melbourne is a lot more familiar, and all the trappings with that would smooth life. ...

My sister got Med at Monash! Ed: And Dentistry in Adelaide!

Name a topic and I’ll write 500 words of my opinion on it. On the value of the fiction novel and what it indicates about humankind. Storytelling was once a great oral tradition, the most widely used method of passing on culture, religion, tradition and knowledge. Paper and writing systems have been around since ancient times as well, but the oral tradition of storytelling remained dominant until the industrial age and the spread of the printing press. However, while this declined, the modern, written storytelling came into being, in the form of the novel, such as those written by one of the most famous names in the business, Charles Dickens. ...

That pop you just heard was bits of the internet exploding with iPhone related posts. I’ll reserve judgement until I actually get my hands on it, but I do think it addresses some of my disappointments with the W850. I just hope it’s got decent standby time, what with 5 hours talk/“multiuse” and 16 hours iPoddery. Update: The iPhone is not a smart phone: No external apps - that’s not good. Ok ok I’ll shut up. This is 6 months too early for any real speculation. ...

Forgive me, gods of plain-speaking, for I have sinned; I have created something which I called a “matrix” for the first time at work. I know not how to atone. It can only be downhill from here.