Entries from March 2004

I recently had a meeting in the bar of a nearby hotel at Coogee beach. While waiting for the meeting to start, I enjoyed a contemplative moment, together with sweeping views of Coogee beach, pondering the difficulties of my life, all over a refreshing glass of beer.I could also see into the hotel’s reception area, and was watching the activity around the front desk with interest. There were quite a ... Read full entry

Some (more) late news in... family man Jose Illenberger has just relaunched Redberger! A lot of the text is in Jose’s native Filipino, or Tagalog, which I sadly can’t read, but it looks damn fine none the less!

Truth is stranger than fiction? In Arthur C Clarke’s novel/movie 2010: Odyssey Two, the sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey, the planet Jupiter is transformed into the solar system’s second star.This was bought about by a feat of astronomical engineering on the part of an alien super intelligence who control the mysterious black monoliths that were discovered on the Moon and in orbit ... Read full entry

On the subject of NASA (see above) I have to say their special Mars feature Roaming the Red Planet is rather awesome. (best viewed on a high speed connection)

Yesterday marked the Autumn Equinox. Officially. It seems to be the Australian thing however to mark the change of seasons on the first day of the month of the respective equinox or solstice. Therefore the first day of autumn here was marked on 1 March.But the rest of us (Harry Potter fans especially) know better.There may be ... Read full entry

The Web Spiners profiles six of Australia’s best web designers. I can tell you that there are far more than six, but I digress. Of the six, three of the designers listed the Australian INfront as being among their influences or inspirations.Though it now seems a lifetime ago now, I was part of the first ... Read full entry

This is not the news I wanted to hear! ;)

Work from home in ten easy steps. It’s easy if you really want to! Although this article is really slanted towards those who tele-commute, it should nevertheless be useful for those running small home based businesses as well.

Sooooooo... it seems Paris Hilton does not admire my work after all. You know, I didn’t really think she did either. I wrote a few weeks ago that disassociated had apparently been receiving traffic from a weblog that has a very strong editorial bias towards a certain infamous video production of Ms Hilton’s.My brother Ben informs me this is most ... Read full entry

Yes, well I keep thinking of all those nights in white satin. The Moody Blues. A very old band, you wouldn’t know them. I barely knew them either.I keep thinking of their lyric;Just what you want to be, You will be in the endand, and...Just what the truth is, I can’t say any moreHow long has it been? Since then; since the last ... Read full entry