[image title=”lightning_f1_f3″ size=”full” id=”379″ align=”right” linkto=”https://irrationale.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/lightning_f1_f3.gif” ]In the late 1940s and early 1950s, the interception of Soviet long-range nuclear bombers was a very worrying topic for Western Military leaders. Models such as the Tupolev Tu-22 were already in development, and could reach Mach 1.5 at 40,000 feet – more than a match for the existing […]
[image title=”limaphoto” size=”thumbnail” id=”382″ align=”right” linkto=”https://irrationale.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/limaphoto.jpg” ]A friend of mine is currently living in Lima, Peru and is working as a freelance journalist. His travels have taken him to some of the most incredible places of the world, but his latest blog brings something new to the table. Peru seems to be a place unto […]
[image title=”the-big-trip-mk2-037″ size=”thumbnail” id=”419″ align=”right” linkto=”https://irrationale.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/the-big-trip-mk2-037.jpg” ]As if one big trip wasn’t enough. A month ago I accepted a promotion which would take me to the wonderful city of Melbourne, Victoria. Once again, I packed everything up, jumped in my car, and drove for about 16 hours to get to Melbourne. On the way I […]
[image title=”athfcmfft” size=”thumbnail” id=”334″ align=”right” linkto=”https://irrationale.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/athfcmfft.jpg” ]According to Apple.com, The Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters is an action-adventure epic that tackles the mysterious circumstances that brought Meatwad, Frylock and Master Shake together. An immortal piece of exercise equipment threatens the balance of galactic peace, and it is up to the Aqua […]
[image title=”rumlarge” size=”thumbnail” id=”337″ align=”right” linkto=”https://irrationale.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/rumlarge.jpg” ]I’m a huge fan of the work of the late and great Hunter S. Thompson. For those who don’t know, “The Rum Diary” is an early novel by Thompson that was written in the early 1960’s but was not published until 1998. The story involves a journalist named Paul […]
Christmas holidays are always a strange time of year. It seems strange that we as modern and educated human beings feel compelled to annually go to the effort of packing a bag, taking time off work and venturing back to our home town to spend time with family members with whom we have little in […]
In the past I've argued that Telstra is not to blame for the entire country's woeful broadband connections, and if competing carriers wanted to supply faster internet connections then they should roll out their own infrastructure. It's also been my point that carriers have no interest in rolling out their own network because it's much […]
Alright, how's this: Time travel is something that has been fantasised about for years. It's something which has made many appearances in popular culture and is part of many people's ultimate fantasy. Although threesomes probably factor in there somewhere too. In the distant future, there may exist a generation of humans who decide that they […]
Well, the move to the new domain name is almost complete. Once apon a time irrationale.com was called evolvetechnology.com, and was basically the same thing as it is now: A site dedicated to informing whoever's willing on what's going on in the IT world. There's news articles on games, linux, technology and science. There's reviews […]
[image title=”the-big-trip-001″ size=”thumbnail” id=”275″ align=”right” linkto=”https://irrationale.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/the-big-trip-001.jpg” ]Recently I took a road trip from Sydney to Brisbane. On the way I stopped off in Newcastle to visit my Mum and to finally pay my last respects to my Grandfather, who rests in a beautiful cathedral overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Next I stopped in and visited my […]
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