I’m attempting to download the 2008 version of e-tax from the Australia Tax Office website. So far it’s confirming my belief that the Australian government are the least capable to be in charge of setting IT policy in this country. The ATO is the single largest revenue collector for the… Read More
Auds and I rented the whole first series last night. We made it 3 episodes in before she fell asleep. Aha. It’s quite good, but an acquired taste, I think. It’s been laugh out loud funny once, but it’s mostly just chuckleworthy. I’m hoping that as I get more familiar… Read More
Google has set up a version of their index from 2001 as part of their 10th birthday celebrations. I did a quick search for eigenmagic on it, just to see if Google had noticed the site. Yep. :) Check it out here. If you check out the archived version on… Read More
Search Engine Optimisation, or SEO, is something I know very little about. This is a shame, because I’ve been maintaining this website, or previous incarnations of it, since about 1995 when I first got Internet access, yet almost no one has heard of it. Apparently. I was at university then,… Read More
On Monday, I started reading Competitive Strategy, by Michael Porter. I caught the train to work, and I like to read during the journey. I’ve had the book on my shelf for quite a few years, ever since I pinched it from my Dad. It’s a 1980 copy from when… Read More
For many people, becoming debt free is more of a distant dream than a close reality. I’m not yet 33, and yet I just became completely debt free. And I’m going to share with you some tips about how you can be debt free too, whatever your age. To be… Read More
So you’ve just signed another check for a couple of million dollars of storage hardware. Just what is everyone keeping on there? If you’re anything like me, you’ve got a PC chock full of old email, digital photos, your mp3 collection, a bunch of old shell scripts, stock photos for… Read More
As you can probably see, I’ve change the site quite substantially. It’s quite a big move, overall. I’ve dropped Zope in favour of WordPress. Zope has been fine for my own software, but for blogging, it sucks. The blog software that’s available for Zope is pretty unfriendly, slow to be… Read More
I’ve recently been playing the new Wil Wright game Spore. I’ve waited years for this game, and so far it has delivered on most of the early promise. The procedural characters are exactly that. The editors are incredibly intuitive and easy to use; an excellent example of good design. I’ve… Read More
I’ve been reading the book The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman this week. It’s really cool. It covers many of the same things as the behavioral economics master class link I posted a couple of days ago. It’s all about how things are often poorly designed, so… Read More
