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The price of protectionism 24 Aug 2013 | 06:17 pm
An article in Friday’s Australian began Ford has blamed Kevin Rudd’s $1.8 billion fringe benefits tax overhaul for halting production, forcing at least 750 workers to be stood down in rolling stoppa...
ngramr – an R package for Google Ngrams 16 Jul 2013 | 05:48 pm
The recent post How common are common words? made use of unusually explicit language for the Stubborn Mule. As expected, a number of email subscribers reported that the post fell foul of their email f...
Poll Dancing 15 Jul 2013 | 03:26 pm
With elections looming, and Kevin Rudd’s return to power, it is time for our regular guest blogger, James, to pull out his beer coaster calculator and take a closer look at the polls. It is really t....
How common are common words? 11 Jul 2013 | 05:35 pm
One of my favourite podcasts is Slate’s Lexicon Valley. All about language, it is rigorous and detailed in its approach to the subject, which appeals to the closet academic in me, but also extremely e...
Feedburner on the fritz 30 Jun 2013 | 09:37 am
Those of you who have subscribed to email updates from the Stubborn Mule will have noticed some strange behaviour lately, as old blog posts have appeared in your inboxes. Why this is happening remains...
Can I trust MtGox with my passport? 12 Jun 2013 | 05:49 pm
In March 2013, the US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCen”) published a statement saying that companies which facilitate buying and selling of “virtual” currencies like Bitcoin constitute “m...
BitTorrent Sync 8 Jun 2013 | 04:25 pm
I have been a long-time user of Dropbox. It synchronises important files across computers, provides offsite backup and remote access to these files. But it does have its limitations. A free Dropbox ac...
Unfounded liability 20 May 2013 | 06:00 pm
Today a tweet from “Australia’s most idiosyncratic economist” Christopher Joye caught my eye. I followed the link and found a scaremongering article trying to whip up concerns about Australia’s levels...
Bitcoin: what is it good for? 4 May 2013 | 03:13 pm
Bitcoin has been a hot topic in the news over the last few weeks. The digital currency has its adherents. The Winklevoss twins, made famous by the movie Social Network after suing Mark Zuckerberg for ...
NDIS and how many disabled people are there anyway? 3 May 2013 | 04:41 pm
Regular guest writer, James Glover, returns to the Mule today to look at the figures behind the proposed NDIS. The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is in the news again. A welcome developme...
