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Between a rock and a hard place on May 3
My internet is down again. This time I know it is the modem because I connected an old modem to the NBN box and it fired up. Couldn’t connect because Telstra no longer supports my old modem, but still it works. I pointed this out to the last Telstra Indian guy who called me back…
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WolfmanOz at the Movies #100
Whoever saves one life saves the world entire. Given the events since October 7th, 2023, I tend to feel that Schindler’s List would not be made today, such has been the moral decline we have witnessed across Western societies, and in particular the film industry, since that fateful day. Schindler’s List is hardly the type…
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Telco Derangement Syndrome
The blackout tale continues. As I wrote last week, the blackout in my local area fried my computer’s hard drive. It may also have damaged my NBN connection. In any event, my internet went into buffering mode last Saturday morning as did my TV. Those days of climbing onto the roof to check one’s aerial…
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WolfmanOz at the Movies #99
Shifting gears. In the 1968 police action film Bullitt, Steve McQueen plays Lieutenant Frank Bullitt who works as a detective in the San Francisco Police Department and, along with his team, is assigned to protect an important witness against the mob that is supposed to be presented to the anti-crime commission by up-and-coming U.S. Senator…
From the Oz. A Sydney RSL will scrap the traditional game of two-up this Anzac Day. North Bondi RSL management…