Entries from November 2003

It's official; as humans, we weren't designed to spend our time in offices. Our primeval instincts better serve us in a... stone age environment, running around a jungle and darting in and out of caves.That makes a fine modern day analogy really, since our cities have become the (concrete) jungles, and our workstations and offices are latter day caves.The latest Jugglezine article, ... Read full entry

I didn't realise that HAL, the supercomputer from 2001: A Space Odyssey could be regarded as a robot, but apparently that is the case, and accordingly he is a member of the The Robot Hall of Fame.There he joins other illustrious bots n 'droids including R2D2. ... Read full entry

One of the great frustrations of being a web designer is trying to test your work in multiple versions of Internet Explorer. Any Windows based designer will know that only one version of the browser can be installed on a PC at any one time.While you can usually have as many versions of other browsers (e.g. Netscape, Opera, etc) as you please, that was never the case with IE. And ... Read full entry

Having a personal trainer seems to be our latest status symbol, and these days you just don't make the cut if you train alone. In New South Wales there are in excess of 4000 personal trainers. And a big supply means a big demand, especially as a recent survey has found that 90 perecnt of people who use the services of personal trainers claim a marked improvement in their physical ... Read full entry

Thought for the day:People who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, they make them.George Bernard ShawI don't know if it's just me, but I seem to keep hearing a lot about the working freelance verses working for someone else debate lately. A lot of people when moaning about their jobs cite ... Read full entry

Joe Clark writes about the compatibility of weblogs and ISSNs. In his article he argues that weblogs should be regarded the same way as any other periodical or journal publication and thus entitled to receive ISSN (International Standard Serial Number) registration.While some weblogs have been successful in receiving an ISSN, many others haven't and it seems that ... Read full entry

What's this I see? Well dressed people, men in fancy suits and women wearing expensive dresses, wandering around the neighbourhood, and even the park, bare foot?? Ah, of course it's Melbourne Cup Day. Dress regulations at just about all race meetings on this auspicious occasion on the horse racing calender, are pretty much black tie, you know, formal.Sydney people love to haul on the fancy gear now and then, but ... Read full entry

The website for next year's Semi Permanent design conference has just been launched. Taking place at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, at Darling Harbour, on April 16 and 17 next year, speakers include David Carson.Hopefully I will get along this time.

Book Crossing is a book trading club with a difference. The idea is to register any books you longer want at the Book Crossing website, where each book receives a unique reference number. Once registered, then leave your books in a public place, perhaps a cafe, or a train station for someone else, anyone at all, to wander along and pick up.The idea is that each ... Read full entry