Phonetic Alphabet
There’s a whole history to this alphabet and various different versions of it. It’s all out there on the web if you are interested in that. I’ve just put this up here ’caus
The Bob Dylan Revue – fresh gigs
The Bob Dylan Revue are playing again this week in Sydney. Being a Dylan fan from his late teens, Douglass is a great choice to play the roll of Bob Dylan. There is an uncanny rese
Global Nuclear Disarmament Would be Nice
Global nuclear disarmament would be nice, I’d be happy about that, but what can you do? Various people have had a crack at it over the years but they all seem to loose tract
ClickToFlash – dumb-is-good
A while back I made a decision to stay away from using any Flash in building this web site…I am deliberately avoiding the use of Flash. The misuse of flash in web sites is resp
NetNewsWire 2.0 for iPhone Unusably Slow
I recently upgraded to the latest version of NetNewsWire for the iPhone. Like many out there, I had been eagerly awaiting the new version 2.0 that would sync with Google Reader. Ha
Gwitha McLean and Whangaehu Beach
Gwitha Mclean often painted these whimsical little landscapes in watercolour as she traveled around the country. She lived in the beautiful area of Porangahau in the North Island o
Fist Of Affection
Well on the first night our little arty theatre show opened at the Adelaide Fringe Festival in March 1990, the first couple of rows were filled with leather-men waiting to see the
The Feel of The Day
Waking up today and seeing the grey, overcast sky reminds me of working on the farm. The feeling of what the day would be like out in the the weather was tangible. What the wet gra
Apple Address Book – Snow Leopard – One Step Forward Two Steps Back
Apple have updated Mac OS X in all sorts of great ways in their latest Snow Leopard update 10.6 but here’s a backward step – in fact a backward step from what was a pretty weak
Cutting Corners
This puzzle was hours of fun as a kid. It was just a box of wooden blocks with pictures stuck on each side. There was a bus, car, plane, ship, steam train and a second newer train.
Life Tips for the Risk Averse
A few life tips for the risk-averse, things I have picked up along the way that you may find useful