My work e-mail account with RMIT was cancelled before I had a chance to back up and save any of my e-mails, they just went ahead and did it without even thinking to ask me if I had finished with it. Considering that the system was down for so long and inaccessible I did not […]

In this life you meet some truly beautiful, caring people who are willing to give of themselves to others. Lisa is one of those, she is always willing to share her knowledge with others, all they have to do is ask. There are times when I become annoyed with her because she gives so much […]

I got your email mate. Yes, I was doing a bit of spleen venting, but I was also being honest about how I felt right at that time. By the way, my e-mails to you are not being blocked from this side I dont think.  AOL is blocking stuff from here so you should contact […]

I’ve been maintaining blogs of some type or another now since 2002 and have conducted extensive research on why people blog and what it is that they see themselves as doing while they are blogging. In fact I wrote a 20,000 word dissertation on the topic. So I am interested when people give me their […]

After a little bit of time and effort I have upgraded the image gallery to the newly released Gallery 2. I was considering, had indeed started, building my own gallery using my own coding, but Gallery 2 is too good to be ignored. The developers have put an enormous amount of time and effort into […]

Men’s curiosity searches past and future And clings to that dimension. But to apprehend The point of intersection of the timeless With time, is an occupation for the saint? No occupation either, but something given And taken, in a lifetime’s death in love, Ardour and selflessness and self-surrender. For most of us, there is only […]

I found this link courtesy of William Gibson’s Blog which he in turn found at Joi Ito’s. A wonderful piece of old footage that is worth viewing find it HERE

I’ve nearly finished reading “Homage to Catalonia”, Orwell’s description of his time spent in Spain during the civil war in the 1930’s when he was fighting with the POUM militia against Franco’s fascists. The final paragraph of the last chapter before the appendices is amazing given the recent sad events in England where terrorist bombs […]

The hairy ball theorem of algebraic topology states that, in layman’s terms, “one cannot comb the hair on a ball in a smooth manner”. ha - I love it wikipedia entry here

I’m reading Martha Nussbaum’s “The Therapy of Desire” at the moment which is a book that came about from a series of lectures (The Martin Classical Lectures) on Hellenistic (ancient Greece and Rome) ethics that Nussbaum gave in 1986. In her introduction, Nussbaum sets her parameters for “the idea of a practical and compassionate philosophy” […]

Wow, considering the fact that power lines are already rolled out over most of this planet, imagine what this technology will do to help facilitate accessibility to the Internet. As several companies conduct experiments using electrical wiring in the home to provide broadband Internet access, the phrase “plugged in” may take on a whole new […]

A fascinating tale that makes me want to travel and see the Kingdom of Bhutan before too much more progress takes place. By the end of this year, King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, whose family has ruled over Bhutan for almost a hundred years, will officially hand over power to the people. Nobody wants to see […]

Enjoyed finding this quote of Fitzgerald’s in Hemingway’s “True at First Light”. “In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o’clock in the morning”. Reading Hemingway again has been a delight especially being able to read something that he wrote back in 1953 that has only recently been published. I think […]

Reading Orwell again while travelling and I thought this quote very telling. “He had forgotten that most people can be at ease in a foreign country only when they are disparaging the inhabitants.” “Burmese Days” - George Orwell  

Lisa found this and I thought I should share it as it makes a great follow on from the previous article, “Affluenza”. The average life consists of running on the wage-slave treadmill in order to avoid the destitution of not only ourselves, but of our loved ones as well. If only we could build up […]

Orwellian to the max. Is paranoia merely a state of awareness? The Case On May 11, 2004 Steve Kurtz, a filmmaker, performance artist and founding member of the Buffalo-based Critical Art Ensemble, phoned 911 after waking to find his wife, Hope Kurtz, unconscious in bed beside him. Apparently, Ms. Kurtz had died in her sleep. […]

Thanks Tess, I would enjoy being in Brisbane for this seminar: Our houses are bigger than ever, but our families are smaller. Our kids go to the best schools we can afford, but we hardly see them. We’ve got more money to spend, yet we’re further in debt than ever before. What is going on? […]

This is just a beautiful idea and a great article. Congratulations to Emma Tom for writing it. Having been eyeball to eyball with humpback whales in Hervey Bay, especially one that surfaced within touching distance and had a good look at me in my 19 foot boat, I cannot entertain the thought of these beautiful […]