Category: Books and Literature

In case you’re wondering how on earth the AFL Finals system works, I’ve created a handy-dandy spreadsheet you can use. Download it here:

Here are my big, bold predictions about the outcome of the Aussie election in a fortnight… 1. The LNP will take the lower house. 2. Labor & the Greens will hold the upper house until mid-2017. Showing My Working: 1. It appears a foregone conclusion that the LNP will take the lower house outright. The… Continue reading Election Predictions

So I accidentally pressed the happy little sun icon on my phone’s notification pane and got launched into Yahoo’s weather information web page. Nothing new there – I can be a bit of a klutz at times. And I’ve done it so often that my muscle memory can close the page before it even loads.… Continue reading So _that’s_ why…

Great times… They’re Flyin’ Again, by Cinnamon, from the album Done. (2002) What a huge blessing to have helped create such a great piece of music.

Interesting take from Scott Hanselman on the respective value of social networks vs. self-hosted blogging. Own your space on the Web, and pay for it. Extra effort, but otherwise you’re a sharecropper. – Tim Bray Actually, Anil Dash has posted similar thoughts recently as well. Perhaps there’s something to this whole owning your space thing.

Thoughts on the new 007 movie: – very British – more gritty than even Quantum – diverges hard from Quantum / Mr White / etc storyline Things that mildly amused me: – Voldermort takes over Hogwarts – I kept expecting Macaulay Culkin to pop up with an impish grin as they prepared for the final… Continue reading Skyfall

(Inspired by v1-5) When you lunch with Partners & CEOs, carefully observe the food before you – and put the steak-knife to your throat if you lack self control…