I recently bought a mountainbike. I haven’t had one since back in highschool and much has changed in the intervening years. It all appears to have been changes for the better. I went for a ride with a mate of mine on Sunday on the City Loop ride around my… Read More
The following picture isn’t quite as dark an image as I’d like to convey, but it’s the best I could come up with in my quick search of my photo archive. I have many doors to choose from, which I realise makes me very fortunate indeed. The trouble is, with… Read More
If you’ve been visiting recently, you may have noticed there is now an ‘Add Comment’ button for each news item. This means that you can add comments to news postings, just like other ‘blogs, but only as a Member. While I get the bugs worked out of the comment code… Read More
I just caught up on some of my blog reading and came across an article that just makes me wonder.. do people understand irony any more? Via BoingBoing, a link here to a group of former students are apparently suing Pink Floyd and/or the current copyright holders for unpaid royalties… Read More
In many ways, I wish I’d never learned how to write documentation. I wish they’d never covered the software development lifecycle at uni. I wish I’d never read The Elements Of Style by Strunk and White. I wish I’d never learned the basics of graphic design. Ignorance is bliss, as… Read More
I just got back from a relaxing week in Sydney with the folks for the festive season. I’ve gained a bit of weight by the most enjoyable method I know, which this photo helps to illustrate: Mmm. Yummy. I didn’t really do a great deal while I was there, though… Read More
I started my new gig today after a fantastic weekend of R and R. I have my ID and security pass already and the people I’m working with seem really nice. All in all, it’s been a terrific return to Melbourne. I went out with some of my friends on… Read More
It’s quite a challenge to write something halfway interesting every day when most of your life consists of doing a lot of much the same thing, day in, day out. I usually feel as though most of my life is a plain coloured wall with the occasional interesting smudge on… Read More
I’ve added a couple of features to the site and felt it was time to share another photo with you all. I’m headed to the the snow in a few weeks, so I was looking over my photos from when I went to Canada earlier in the year. I loved… Read More
My house has appently become where beetles come to die. I don’t know why there has been a sudden influx of the beetle elderly, and I don’t believe it’s because my residence somehow resembles Florida, but that is apparently what the retirement age beetle population believes. They have come in… Read More
