Heading out bushwalking again tomorrow - Pemberton to Northcliffe which is around 55km in 3 days.

Will be pretty much uncontactable until I get home on Thursday evening.

I posted a while ago about Scitech After Dark - well the event was such a success that it is on again on November 21. Last time I ended up co-opted into assisting at Admissions, no idea if I will be helping out this time or not ( Read more... )

Is it just me, or is Stargate's progression from SG1 planet of the week adventure, to Atlantis recovered alien space station that borders on an amazing new threat, to SGU's ship of people thrown together by circumstance on a ship the other side of the Universe that can't get home somehow very familiar ( Read more... )

This is mainly for grahame, kadeton and greteldragon, but if anyone else is interested in joining us (subject to logistic requirements) please feel free to comment ( Read more... )

Anyone feel like going to see Ponyo (by Hayao Miyazaki of Princess Mononoke, My Neighbour Totoro and Howl's Moving Castle fame) sometime soon? It comes out next Thursday (27th), so probably Friday or Saturday evening that weekend. Possibly Saturday afternoon would work if that works well for people (I have no strong preference really).

Scitech After Dark was crazy, far more people than expected ( Read more... )

Short notice I realise, but this may interest some people:

Scitech Adults Only is on tomorrow night, 6pm to 9pm. Info is here.

I can probably be persuaded to come along if people want to go and have a desire for company, let me know by comment or sms (I'm not working, but I may go along anyway regardless of responses or lack of them).

In December 2007 I fairly spontaneously decided that spending time as a volunteer would be a good thing. After looking at a couple of volunteering websites I figured that Scitech was probably a good spot for me (given my interest in Science and stuff), so I went and signed up ( Read more... )

Anyone interested in going to see the Scitech comedy debate next Thursday (August 6)?

Tickets are $15, the topic is "God would beat Science in a fight".

More info here

This Saturday (the 18th) I turn 31. Yay Mersenne PrimesTo celebrate, I will be having dinner at Utopia, followed by games at my house (until whenever we finish). Dinner will be starting at 6:30, and we'll probably head back to Nedlands around 8pm (if people want to be there for games but not dinner I can sms you when we leave, let me know ( Read more... )