Eve of the Event
Copacabana beach by night So we’ve mostly adjusted to the time zone difference and the climate. Well, sort of. It just keeps getting hotter and hotter. On the morning [more...]
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River of January
In transit in Lisbon, I came across an old Russian plane on the tarmac This is not the first time I’ve been to Rio. Five years ago, while undertaking an epic voyage [more...]
Cultural Keys
before you read the article – just keep staring at it until you get it Not long ago, I came across this on my facebook news feed with the caption “First you [more...]
Mid-Life Calculation
It is a fairly well-known truism that time seems to pass at a slower rate for children than it does for adults. One day, not long ago, I was pondering the unusual behaviour [more...]
App Store Trigger App-y
I love my iPhone (can you tell?). Having owned my iPhone now for nearly a month, I can finally comment with some validity about the rest of my favourite apps. These are apps that take longer [more...]
Wishlist – The World
I'm not happy with the world. I should be more specific - the world is great, but I'm not happy about the way humans conduct themselves while they are on it. It's no secret that I have a strong [more...]
Favourite iPhone Apps
About two weeks ago, I received a long-awaited package in the mail - my new iPhone 4. My previous phone was the original iPhone, purchasedin September 2007 about two months after its initial release [more...]
Notes on Melbourne
Melbourne Central Shot Tower So I’ve been in Melbourne for nearly three weeks. What do I think? That question sort of carries with it the assumption that I think at [more...]
Realpolitik
Caesar meets his end There is an Australian election coming up on the 21st of August, which is exactly four weeks away. I am considering becoming involved in some way. You [more...]
World Cup Rant
The Infamous Hand of God I’m just going to warn everyone now, this is going to be one of my least-coherent rants to date. It is sometimes said that I have a “soft [more...]
Obligatory Rant
beyone petroleum… but not bullshit It’s that time of the year again, and I am once again in a reflective mood about the state of the world in which we live. That [more...]
Truth Behind the Shutter: Advanced Topics
Curiously enough, I still get asked a lot about things relating to photography. In the previous two installments of “Truth Behind the Shutter” I went over some of [more...]