Archive for May, 2006



On the design of bridges

Published on May 31, 2006

I ride a road bike. I love my road bike because the lack of jumping up gutters is easily compensated for by the extra speed. However last night I wished that I was on a mountain bike.
I was riding along the Yarra to get to the Como in South Yarra with a couple [...]


Moving home, moving on

Published on May 30, 2006

Well the clock continues to tick and I get closer and closer to leaving the country.
I moved back to my parents place last night. Was greeted with “great to see you’re here, now we have to go and move all your brother’s shit out of his old house”. My beloved brother will rue [...]


Cyanide and Happiness

Published on May 26, 2006

I’ve been looking for these comics for some time and I’ve finally found them at Explosm.net
So below are a couple of my favorites for your viewing pleasure:
Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net
Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net
Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net
Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net
Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net
Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net
Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net
Cyanide [...]


Cyclist rights

Published on May 22, 2006

Via Spinopsys I’ve come across Wheels of Justice and am suitably impressed with their site and their reason for being:
Positive changes for cyclists starts at the grass roots, with you, your family, your workplace, your local cycling club, your local Bicycle User Group, a community program, media influence, pro-active involvement in riding events and driving [...]


Rick Farley

Published on May 16, 2006

I had the good fortune to hear Rick Farley speak last year and therefore share Pavlov’s Cat’s sentiments.


IAUDIO = Awesome

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My loyal readers may remember a post ago when I was tossing up between the iRiver and the iPod.
I decided against the iPod for various reasons and triumphantly marched down to JB Hi Fi to demand my 40 gig iRiver duty free. Only to be met with the news that the iRiver I wanted [...]


Little help

Published on May 12, 2006

So duty free shopping starts on Monday (which means only 30 days until I leave the country – so long suckers!)
And naturally I’ll be needing a portable music device. I’m happy to spend around $500 on it (duty free of course) so it seems to be a question of the iRiver H340 Vs [...]


World Social Forum 2006

Published on May 10, 2006

What would do if you read this:
A fourth event scheduled to take place in Bangkok, Thailand appears to have been cancelled.
Interesting, we’ll wait and see but I might be home a little earlier than expected.
Update: hmmm, and now I’ve found this one:
Meeting defines new polycentric forum in Thailand
The polycentric WSF 2006 will have another event. [...]


Dawson

Published on May 8, 2006

I thought I’d take a brief moment out of my day to make this small comment on my beloved Hawks.
Zac Dawson should not be playing full back. I understand and sympathise with Clarkson’s position that he needs a few tough lessons – clearly he does. I even buy the long term view stuff. [...]


Dance, Monkeys, Dance

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