http://www.ravenparadox.com Continual observation Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:24:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have had enough, so it is time for a rant. I hate people - loathe them in fact, always wanting something from you like knowledge about how your day has been, how you are, what is happening in your world... when all that they really want is to steal some ... http://www.ravenparadox.com/index.php/diatribe/congregaticide-neticide-socialmediacide-fuck-those-facebook-whores/ Green has been "the new black" for some time now... now it seems as if one can offset ones middle class guilt simply by purchasing a mobile phone plan. The premise seems to be to be that one can drive ones V8, set up a wall of plasma TV screens, have ... http://www.ravenparadox.com/index.php/tech/green-mobile-phone-plans/ People often ask the question "how do I appear on the first page of google?" There are many different ways that one can go about doing this, but they almost all involve SEO or Search Engine Optimisation. What a lot of people don't tend to realise is that building a website that ... http://www.ravenparadox.com/index.php/appearing-on-the-first-page-of-google/how-do-i-appear-on-the-first-page-of-google/ How does one appear on the first page of google? There are many methods, one can employ black hat SEO techniques to get a placing on the first page of google, and risk being penalised (which isn't all that bad if you are just running a short campaign or want to ... http://www.ravenparadox.com/index.php/search-engine-optimisation/appearing-on-the-first-page-of-google/ The below speech was made by Anthony Albanese - member for Grayndler - on the 6th of April, 1998.Outside of anything ever uttered by The Great Man, it ranks,for mine, as possibly the greatest Australian parliamentary speech ever made. It paints such an accurate picture of our current prime minister ... http://www.ravenparadox.com/index.php/amusing/a-picture-of-our-prime-minister/ Some time this year, John W Howard will suffer the ignominy of a humiliating defeat.It should have been (and perhaps still will be) at the hands of his long suffering treasurer Peter Costello.Anyone who remembers John "The Boy Treasurer" Howard's time at the helm of the economy in the Fraser ... http://www.ravenparadox.com/index.php/evil-leftist-rants%e2%84%a2/for-whom-the-bell-tolls/ The Australian had the good judgement to post this article by John Heard.Heard is intentionally provocative, yet, for his age, quite well versed. Sadly though, his latest article does neither he nor his argument any justice:God is not responsibleWhilst Heard violates all the requirements of a logical argument, it is ... http://www.ravenparadox.com/index.php/amusing/the-insanity-within/ Why did we vote this man out?[youtube]XQdVJL2CO9o[/youtube]Australian politics has not and will probably never see his brilliance again.A true visionary sadly misunderstood by the great unwashed. http://www.ravenparadox.com/index.php/amusing/all-tip-and-no-iceberg/ And in the news of the indescribable, this exceptionally odd case: http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN0337093620070404 TORONTO (Reuters) - A Toronto school principal who pleaded guilty to throwing human excrement at a 12-year-old boy may get her job back, officials said on Tuesday."It's quite possible she'll end up back in her old position," ... http://www.ravenparadox.com/index.php/insanity/throwing-faeces/ Those crazy bastards over there in the sub-continent love their effigies don't they?It has always amused me the burning of effigies - even more so because it tends to be quite prolific amongst cricket fans. This is as amusing as it is confusing.The poor old Pakistanis and Indians have suffered ... http://www.ravenparadox.com/index.php/uncategorised/for-the-love-of-effigies/