The guests have gone home, the dishes are done. Outside, the only sound is of a jet aircraft high above and the evening squawks of cockatoos. The streets and houses are silent. Gone is the constant background hum of traffic. I love it. Sydney is so rarely quiet. This silence is the best gift of […]

It's the wee hours of Christmas, but I haven't spotted Santa yet. We've been busy cleaning up the house in preparation for Christmas lunch with our siblings. Apart from one moment where he escaped and raced around the street our dog Kita has been a wonderful companion these past few days.  Unfortunately, many pets aren't […]

I loathe this humid weather. Not only does the body feel sticky but so does the brain. Clear thought is not possible in this air. I preferred the rain. Last Friday I was driving into the centre of the city with a colleague and we couldn't see out of the front windscreen due to the […]

The other day I took a look at the much hyped Asus Eee 4G, recently released in Australia through Myer. I was interested in how well it compared to my Sharp Muramasa CV50F mini-notebook PC (more information). I bought the Muramasa second hand in Japan and it's now out of production. However, it's proved to […]

Bit angry tonight. Came back home to find some of our mail scattered on the ground for the second night in a row. It looks like somebody is messing with out letterbox. Identity or cash thieves? The same idiot young guys who throw their rubbish all over the street and our garden? It's a violation […]

Wow! That might have been the best concert I have ever attended. Both the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and John Williams celebrate their 75th birthdays this year and to mark the occasion the SSO performed a selection of Williams' orchestral hits in a concert at the Sydney Opera House under the baton of Arnie Roth. The […]