Grr. Sorry folks. My ISP scheduled some maintenance that knocked out my link, and the router didn’t reconnect correctly for some reason. Of course, this had to happen on the two days I was interstate at a client site and couldn’t reset things remotely. Everything’s back online, and I’m looking… Read More
So here’s where you get to order me around. Lucky you! I’m a Dork I read about a few topics that I really love, but that make me a huge dork. You can benefit from my dorkiness for the time it takes to: a) tell me what to write about,… Read More
According to the news on Triple-J this morning, some churchy type over here has stopped their senior citizen’s Tai-Chi classes because “it’s a practice deriving from the Buddhist faith, and goes against Christianity” or some such. That’s some industrial grade stupid right there. Here is a brief list of other… Read More
Woo! New photos online. Various creatures, feathered and finned. And ducks. Lots of ducks. Click here to see them. Read More
It’s been a while since I shared a new photo with you, so I’ve updated the header to include an image of a jellyfish I took a couple of weekends ago at the Melbourne Aquarium. It works quite nicely, I think. It seems I have a thing for blue at… Read More
I’ve been spending a bunch of time on Twitter lately, which is an excellent way to promote your blog. A big shout out to my twitter friends who’ve found their way here. Welcome! Some great people you need to follow, or just read their blogs: Havi. She rocks. Her business… Read More
This is super nifty. Apparently you insert dry spaghetti into cut up hot dogs, then boil them, and it turns out like the picture on the right. You could also use different coloured spaghetti, and combinations of types, for all kinds of freaky creations. I can see why kids would… Read More
You know those anthropomorphised little ATM characters they have on the latest ANZ ads? For those of you not in Australia (yes, I know, most of the world. You can’t all be awesome as us) here is a sample. I’ve found the ad company’s inspiration for this little guy. It’s… Read More
There are certain people who are great listeners. They really pay attention, and make you feel as if hearing what you have to say is the most interesting thing to happen to them all day. There are other people who are ok listeners, but you can tell they’re not really… Read More
In Memoriam: Jarrod Klau. Today I went to the funeral of a friend. It feels wrong to call him a close friend for reasons I can’t articulate, mostly because other people knew him better than I. But I felt it was my duty to fly from Brisbane to Adelaide, instead… Read More
