New Breast Blog
I've been slightlty uncomfortable for a while now about the amount of space that Breasts have been taking up at chriscurnow.com. My justification for this has been that it is part of the world of work. The way western society has sexualised and objectified breasts is...
Authentic Leadership
I've had a few occasions over the past week to think about authenticity. Being authentic is one of my most fundamental values. The other day I worked with a colleague who was struggling to find her own authentic response to a difficult situation as well as trying to...
The function of Breasts
It apparently comes as a complete surprise to some people that the primary function of breasts is feeding: “In the fall of 1993, one of the undergraduate students in my 'Women and Culture' course was totally flabbergasted to discover that the biological function of...
Finally – GPRS working on our Powerbook
Time for more celebrations, we've just solved a technology bug that has been bothering us for 18 months now. When chriscurnow.com bought our G4 Powerbook about 2 years ago, we lost IR connectivity to our then Nokia phone. So we thought it was about time to go GPRS...
The failed hero must die
Tony Blair pulled off an historic victory last week. Even before the election, he became the first labour leader in British history to complete a second term. Last week he became the first to win a third term. In the process he secured a majority a third larger than...
Equality in sexual misconduct?
chriscurnow.com began life with an opinion on the then sexual misconduct scandals in Australia's two main football codes. It is sad that as we celebrate our first birthday, another case has taken over the headlines, talback shows and letters to the editor. This time...
chriscurnow.com One Year Old today
Well celebrations all around at the den. chriscurnow.com posted our first entry one year ago today. Over the last year we have had difficulty deciding exactly what we are. However, we have stayed loosely true to the theme "A search for enduring purpose and meaning in...
Blame it on the Tiger
Our apologies to everyone who tried to log on to chriscurnow,com over the last few days and was re-directed to the site of 4cast.com.au. Simple explanation: There was a technical difficulty which we have now resolved. Slightly longer explanation: In our excitement at...
Breast cancer gets a guernsey at home of footbal
The Age reports this morning on the wonderful efforts of Breast Cancer Network of Australia CEO, Lyn Swinburne. Swinburne, herself a breast cancer survivor, has organised for 10,500 women wearing pink ponchos to gather on the hallowed turf of the Melbourne Cricket...
Another (please keep me awake) iPod killer?
We note that Bleeding Edge reports on another so called (excuse me if I go to sleep here) iPod killer. Why is every new MP3 capable release labelled the latest iPod killer? I think Bleeding Edge has caught the disease. chriscurnow.com thinks perchance this represents...