You Can't Coach That

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

The talk-fest that was the 2020 summit has included as one of its proposals the development of a bionic eye to enable the blind to see. The idea behind the 2020 conference was “harness the best ideas for building a modern Australia that is ready for the challenges of the 21 st century.” However, Australian opthamologists report that they are on the way to developing such as device and may in fact be ready to implant the device into the eye of a volunteer within weeks. Strike one for the 2020 summit.

Another of the key recommendations was for comprehensive tax reform. This is hardly revolutionary. Various groups have been calling for tax reform and simplification of the tax regime ever since I can remember taking an interest in such matters. Does the government really need to sponsor such an event to come up with such a fundamental idea? It worries me if this is the case. Strike two for the 2020 summit.

Then there is Ernie and his ”golden gurus”. The 76 year old suggested that Australian needs to make use of older Australians as workplace mentors - to be termed golden gurus. As a rapidly aging Australian with not enough superannuation and the prospect of retirement a long way off, this sounds like a great idea. You can now consider me Coach Guru.

“You can’t coach that”

Monday, May 21, 2007

[via: The Unofficial Apple Weblog]
[via: Time]

I hope Al Gore has purchased himself some carbon credits to offset the juice that his home office computer setup is sucking in.

Friday, April 27, 2007

As of Tuesday of this week, 24 April 2007, I am officially working for myself and not the tax man. The Centre for Independent Studies has calculated that, on average, the money earned by Australians up to that day is sufficient to satisfy the average amount of tax paid for the calendar year. So for the rest of the year the money is all mine.

Tax freedom day for the US will be 30 April and for the UK it will be 1 June.

Wednesday, April 04, 2007

I will say up front here that I am not sure how I feel about the fact Australia has troops in Iraq. It is not that I want to sit on the fence or that I don’t have the courage to express an opinion but the issue doesn’t seem all that black and white to me. Therefore, I am not writing to express an opinion but rather to point out a blog that I enjoyed having a look at in the spirit of finding out what is going on in the world.

It is a blog from the 6th Marines stationed in Iraq and provides an insight into what life is like for them there. When I get some time I plan to search for blogs from people who provide a different perspective on the situation there.

Have a look, or don’t, it’s all the same to me. Also feel free to give me a serve if you don’t like this post or if you want to give your opinion on the coalition involvement there.