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The City of Angels... sorta
I haven't used LiveJournal in ages. I hope the link to my Facebook is still working and that this posts as a note there. The advantage of Facebook is that it's quick and easy and (almost) all my friends are using it. The downside of the quick part is that you only get the vaguest outline of an idea, while LiveJournal allows you write a lengthy ( Read more... ) -
Still moving...
So San Francisco was amazing. It's a beautiful city with friendly people and crazy streets. It really is as hilly as it looks in the photos and the cable cars are as crazy as they look as well. There's only three cable car lines left and people really do jump on and off while the cars are moving and they really do cling to the sideboards and ride ( Read more... ) -
To ADL and onwards
So I'm perched in Adelaide airport awaiting my next flight (entry typed there, posted in SFO). It's been a fun 24 hours, wish it could have been longer really, but a minor airline stuff up put an end to that idea ( Read more... ) -
Testing Endurance
So for the last few weeks, to supplement and enhance my current training routine I've been doing some endurance training. Frankly, while I'm sure it has a strong biological benefit, it's quite a damn pain. The whole point of endurance training is to push at your limits of endurance and extend them and there lies the problem. It's difficult, ( Read more... ) -
Privacy is Dead and Facebook Killed It
Well, blaming Facebook is perhaps not fair, but it is a catchy title. Privacy advocates have long been concerned about the gradual erosion of our privacy by shadowy government and private programs (Fly Buys anyone?) but now they're getting more concerned about the information we're actually willing to hand out. Services like Facebook and MySpace ( Read more... ) -
The Facebook Musings
This is something I've been tossing around for a little while now and I think I'm finally ready to publish it. If Facebook Notes works correctly I think it'll also appear as a blog post in my Facebook friend's public news feed providing some level of integration between my Livejournal and my Facebook.
Having been using Facebook for a few months ( Read more... ) -
Coping With Your Spoilt Shadow Treasurer
Crikey has a really good article with advice from child psychologists on managing spoilt shadow treasurers.
O’Brien points out the importance of negotiation and communication. "If someone hasn’t learned to negotiate they basically just make demands and become used to getting everything they want. They’re used to the power and they feel that they don ( Read more... ) -
Take me there...
I've been playing for a few weeks now with a new feature that has become available in Perth for Google Maps. This feature is called Google Transit and Perth is first Australian city to have it available. In effect, it's Google Maps for public transport. When you use Get Directions on Google Maps you're now presented with an option to "Take Public ( Read more... ) -
Outrage as sex shop opens near Catholic school
While I guess it could be a serious issue, I just couldn't stop laughing about this. Sorry folks, but the kids are gonna find out about sex sooner or later.
From the ABC's AM program.
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Thunderer
So I'm presently sitting at about 8km in the air with the noisy, consistent buzzing of the General Electric engines on either side of the 737-400 surrounding me. It's oddly comforting. Many people curse the engine noise and use every means at their disposal to block it out, but I quite like it. I'm sure those people would too if it ever stopped ( Read more... )