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Living in the future.

Check it out - my little sister  is doing her maths homework by writing on her computer screen. HER COMPUTER SCREEN! WRITING ON IT!
Her whole grade was given these laptop computers as part of a Kevin Rudd education revolution scheme and apparently they’re pretty shitty, aside from the whole writing on the screen thing.

I’m nearly eight years older than my sister and when my mind is blown by stuff like this, it really shows.

In other futuristic stuff, I watched Queensland Premier Anna Bligh deliver the interim findings of the flood inquiry LIVE ON THE INTERNET.

It was pretty exciting to hear our Premier announce the findings of the inquiry, which were:
a) the Brisbane flood occurred because it rained a lot and nobody thought to let some of the water out of the Wivenhoe Dam;
b) it flooded everywhere else because it rained a lot;
c) Brisbane got flooded, and that’s what’s really important here.

I’m hoping the full report might be a bit more useful. Bring on February 2012.

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