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Scones by the beach
Despite the wet and windy weather outside there was something very pleasant about today's lunch at the Promenade Patisserie at Ramsgate. The chicken and leek pies were full of flavour, the scones with jam and cream palate cleansing and the hot chocolate warmed the belly. Out the window we could see the grey waters of…
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Chill
It's been quite cool here in Sydney these past couple of days. Many would say cold, but that would be disrespectful to those who live in genuinely cold climates. However, as one dutchman said, we mights as well live under umbrellas for all the insulation in your average Australian home. A steaming hot Japanese bath…
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iCalendar
I seem to be in competition with those good folk down at CSIRO Land & Water. I have a counterpart down there who, like me, develops web applications but sits outside of IT. The difference is that he uses ASP.Net and oftens buys web components while I am a PHP person who makes do with…
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Planning an online community with CANS
I submitted a report today on building an online community on my workplace intranet. After weeks of mulling it over, the four factors in building a successful online community suddenly came to me last night. I label them CANS. Contributing – what type of content and tools (blogs, wikis, galleries, discussion etc) should be part…
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Indoors on a wet weekend
I can't complain about the rain. Those who are flooded and without power can, but so far so good here. Anyway, we need the water. This wet and windy start to the long weekend gave me an opportunity to make a start on painting some of the model railway buildings. I haven't the patience to…
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Frustrated and not free
Not only does B always discover my surprises, somehow my plans are usually frustrated as well. My surprise trip to Tasmania to propose to B – her mother stopped her. Now her boss has refused to let her travel during the time I booked our Jetstar flight to Osaka. I'm extremely peeved, because rebooking that…
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