Entries from October 2004

I’m not the sportiest person you’ll ever meet. So while the year around, debate and commentary will rage on about the state of play in various championships, you’ll find me sitting there staring into space, most likely thinking about other things.Actually this happens to me at the best of times anyway.Nevertheless when you live in a sports mad society such as Australia, you pretty much ... Read full entry

We’re going onto daylight saving time in the next few hours in this part of the world. I always like to consider this the beginning of summer. Roll on those balmy summer evenings spent lazing in the park. Heh, weather permitting ;)

Some ageless wisdom...The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe.Dr. Leonard McCoyThank God it’s Friday. The last few weeks have really dragged and I have especially looked forward to the weekends. I hate living like this though. The time spent working should be fun and fulfilling. I’ve always believed that work should be so much so, that it shouldn’t even feel like work.Unfortunately it is possible to ... Read full entry

The weather in Sydney of late has been unpredictable to say the least. With summer approaching you might expect temperatures to be reasonable consistent. To a degree that is, if you’ll excuse the pun.Instead we have days where it is almost 40°C one day, followed by a maximum temperature of less than 20°C, the next! Put it down to the southerly busters, bringing cooler sub Antarctic air with them, that ... Read full entry

Somewhere in a giant fig tree that is right next to my apartment building, resides a very noisy bird. I still haven’t seen this feathered fiend, so I do not know what sort of bird he or she is yet.For whatever reason though, my avian neighbour decides to wake up each morning at 4 am and start singing. The song is like ... Read full entry

Now I’m beginning to wish I’d made more effort to get to WE04 here in Sydney a few weeks ago. Doug Bowman one of several international speakers at the conference has posted his WE04 presentation, Pushing Your Limits (and other secrets of designing with CSS), on-line for all to see and enjoy.Unfortunately the commentary that accompanied the ... Read full entry

Personal finances are usually just that; personal. Yet some people do not seem to have the slightest hesitation in revealing every last monetary detail to the world.Each Wednesday, the Sydney Morning Herald, publishes a lift-out section which focusses on financial matters, aptly titled Money. In particular there is a column on the first ... Read full entry

There’s been a distinct lack of photos on disassociated recently. It’s not that the pictures have given way to turn my site into some sort of text fest, or that my camera has not been working, which you could be forgiven for thinking.The camera is fine and is sitting right here on my desk. Usually I carry it around with me, so that on the off chance I spot something ... Read full entry

Partisan politics is normally a subject of little interest to me, and I suspect, many others as well. Constitutional politics is a little different, being more academic or theoretical, and for me is slightly more intriguing than the incessant bickering and one-upmanship of day to day... government.Australian constitutional politics is a colourful and sometimes convoluted myriad of law and precedent, ranging from the procedures and protocols governing the conduct of ... Read full entry

In the rush to lead the leisure lifestyle I often find doing absolutely nothing completely relaxing. That’s a no brainer if ever there were one. Yet some people consider vegetating as I sometimes do, a total waste of time. And actually I agree.HAL, the super computer from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, nails it for me with his quote:I am putting myself to ... Read full entry