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Fiction: Mrs Keaton’s Microwave

April 18, 2013 in Fiction, Technology

Somewhere in the near future: Suburbia It wasn’t unusual for Mrs Keaton to be awoken by the sound of her children’s voices, but this morning they sounded shrill and panicked. “Mummy, Mummy, the microwave is gone.” “And the Fridge.” “And the TV.” Mrs Keaton rubbed the sleep from her eyes. “What do you mean they’re gone?” “Mummy, they’re all gone. Someone’s taken them,” her eldest daughter told her with a seriousness that scared her. Mrs Keaton was suddenly very very awake. She rushed from the bedroom, pulling her robe on as she ran into the lounge room. Sure enough, the [...]

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Putting Your Foot In It

July 9, 2012 in Anecdotes, Celebrity, Comedy, Entertainment, Film & TV, Friendship, Humour, People, Self, Society, Stories, Wedding

Recently I overheard a colleague say my name. As I walked past said colleague commented “I was just saying how smart you are”. I responded with “Must be the hair dye” and a wink. This conversation reminded me of an artwork I once made titled “Artificial Intelligence” which was a dig at myself as a natural blonde who dyes her hair red (and when I say I dye my hair, I clearly mean my hairdresser does). The artwork, however, was received to critical acclaim (and by that I mean my teachers liked it) and I received 2 offers to buy [...]

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Who Was Alan Turing, And Why Is He Still Important?

June 22, 2012 in Human Rights, News, People, Sexuality, Society, Technology

Tomorrow, the 23rd June 2012, will be the 100th anniversary of the birth of Alan Turing. Who was Alan Turing? Well, he was one of the most amazing minds of the 20th Century. He was a mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, and computer scientist. His list of achievements are astounding: At the young age of 22, he was elected a fellow at  King’s College, Cambridge. During WWII, he worked at Bletchley Park, Britain’s codebreaking centre, where he devised a number of techniques for breaking German ciphers, including creating an electromechanical machine that could find settings for the Enigma machine. In the latter part of the war, he [...]

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