June 2011
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March 2011
1 post
US Bombs Libya
In 1986…
In 1986, the US bombed Libya, a state that sponsored terrorism (see http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-bombs-libya). The west knew then — had known for some years — that Qaddafi was a mad despot. In 1986, I was living and working in Saudi Arabia when the US bombed Libya, and my employers shoved an advisory memo under my apartment’s front door (in...
November 2010
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July 2010
2 posts
Today's work setup may seem a little over the top,...
Today’s work setup may seem a little over the top, but I assure you it is necessary! via SimplyTweet Posted via email from Steve’s posterous | Comment »
@Gllewellyn
@Gllewellyn via SimplyTweet Posted via email from Steve’s posterous | Comment »
June 2010
1 post
Only Magical
Imagine you are William Shakespeare. Imagine you have a witty tale to tell, and that you think it is worth sharing with others. You take a quill, dip it in some ink, and begin scratching words onto parchment. Some hours and many stanzas later you feel the need for inspiration —- or just a break, a little escape from the hard work of being a bard. You think it would be nice to read somebody...
May 2010
1 post
lol
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February 2010
1 post
Grain
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January 2010
1 post
1 tag
RT @culturedcode: Support the Haiti relief...
RT @culturedcode: Support the Haiti relief efforts. Today, 100% of the proceeds from these fine apps will be donated: http://www.indierelief.com via SimplyTweet Posted via web from Steve’s posterous | Comment »
December 2009
4 posts
No plans or resolutions for the new year or...
See and download the full gallery on posterousNo plans or resolutions for the new year or decade. Just going to take it one latte at a time. via SimplyTweet Posted via web from Steve’s posterous | Comment »
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Interesting times when the UK PM ends the year...
View DowningStreet’s tweet
Interesting times when the UK PM ends the year with a Tweet and a manifesto on HuffPo. What would Churchill think? http://twitter.com/DowningStreet/status/7010327451
via SimplyTweet
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Coffeeeee mmmmmm
Coffeeeee mmmmmm via SimplyTweet Posted via web from Steve’s posterous | Comment »
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LOL Unanswerable q's of 2009: Meaning of life?...
LOL Unanswerable q’s of 2009: Meaning of life? When will the world end? What is Miley Cyrus’ phone number? http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/091201-132001 via SimplyTweet Posted via web from Steve’s posterous | Comment »
November 2009
2 posts
Sculpture by the Sea
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Space Age Food
Remember how in the Jetsons and other cartoons food in “the space age” came in pills? Labelled things like “Roast Beef”? Like most, I’ve wondered when the flying cars and jetpacks and spacely sprockets would become reality. After all, we already have robot vacuum cleaners and portable devices that can do everything Dick Tracy’s watch or Maxwell Smart’s...
October 2009
2 posts
I'm an athlete!?!
See and download the full gallery on posterous I’m sitting here amongst the Athletics competitors as we wait to march in the opening ceremony of the 2009 World Masters Games in Sydney. We are told this will be the largest ever parade of competitors anywhere in the world — Olympics included. This morning I ran in the 10km Road Race, the first time I have ever done such a thing....
Death and Facebook
Just saw this on twitter:
View julie_posetti’s tweet
It caught my attention, because a couple of days ago I posted this:
View smurph’s tweet
Over at The Punch is a reaction by Lanai Vasek (@newsbee on Twitter) who suggests that things have “gotten out of hand”. That there “needs to be some sort of regulation” about bad news such as this being posted on Facebook. I...
August 2009
4 posts
Recursively perpetual recursivity
About 523 times a day I wonder about the importance of the things I “have” to do…you know, those things that if you don’t do them you’ll get fired or divorced or arrested or something like that. Or the bank will charge you $40, because they are doing it really tough and it’s all your fault, because you didn’t do that thing and they had to get somebody from...
Coffee is a drug
No surprises, I guess, that coffee is a drug. But I don’t just mean in the purely chemical sense.
Most days I only have one coffee — but if I don’t have it, I really feel it. Typically it’s just that “hanging out for the taste” thing you get, but some days the need is so bad I get a headache.
Somebody once said that “life is too short to drink bad...
Cultural Sensitivity FAIL
This sign was on the inside of a toilet cubicle door at the Scientia building at UNSW. I’ve never seen a warning anything like this anywhere — in all the toilets I’ve visited around the globe. That suggests to me that some incident had occurred at this venue prompting the need to warn future users of this fine latrine. But I was struck by the pictures, presumably intended...
Extraordinary ordinariness
What was I doing at 12:34:56 at 07-08-09?
“Just” getting ready to go out to lunch.
For most people, this once-a-century marker no doubt went unnoticed. For me, it was a unique point in time at which I focused on the quotidian.
December 2008
5 posts
http://www.soup.io/pownce
Well I’m so glad that’s over…
Time to get ready and head out for Xmas drinks with friends.
November 2008
6 posts
/me shakes fist a-la-Colonel Klink, tremulously whines:”MobileMeeeeee!!”
All of this has happened before…
Yay! Finally migrated from svn to bzr, with bzr repo browsing working in trac…phew. Oh the joys of <0.10 versions. Deserves another …
Catching up on long-neglected web admin tasks
Good morning Saturday
Scary how much of this stuff I’ve actually used (when it was current!)… http://is.gd/8LYv
Good Huffington Post article: “When Your Best Speech is Your Concession, What’s Wrong?” http://is.gd/6yHC
Time to predict the future: soon, I will be drinking coffee.
September 2008
11 posts
Watching the debate…it’s huge, it’s massive! Yes, I’m watching Obama and McCain mass debating!
Retweeting @wilw: The Monopoly Guy just endorsed McCain. Turns out McCain helped create a series of bank errors in his favor.
WatchTina Fey as Sarah Palin on ‘SNL’
Tunes by Genius. Working suprising well, actually, given what is on my iPhod.
iPhone update done…rebooted fine.
iPhone 2.1 download and backup phases complete. Firmware updating now.
iPhone 2.1 update available…installing now.
Why the Large Hadron Collider must be stopped →
WatchLarge Hadron Rap
WatchJon Stewart on the “Sarah Palin Gender Card”
Having a nice Fathers Day - because I have a great family. Thinking of Reg and Geoff.
August 2008
6 posts
Retweeting @newmediajim: back at Biden’s. txt came out while i was asleep! im at the right house. :)
Clear evidence we are at the tail end of the Olympics: both 7 and SBS showing the synchronised swimming. Gods save me!!
iPhone Journalling
The most useful thing about the iPhone is that it is always with you. Which is why it needs one app that doesn’t exist yet: something for journaling.
Winter is passing: morning sun is now just high enough to not interfere with screens etc. Can keep the blinds open and enjoy the warm rays.
That moment-of-panic hollow-feeling-in-the-stomach thing when you *almost* spill red wine on the puter is worse than when it really happens.
July 2008
11 posts
Letters From The Sock Drawer: “There has been a great cleansing: many orphans taken, gone for good. May the oppressors be eternally darned.”