Another beard picAnother beard pic
I’ve attached another pic, titled this one day2, which I guess means that day0 (not photographed) was one day without shaving and day-1 (also not photographed) was the last time[...]
Month: October 2006
review of Australian car web sitesreview of Australian car web sites
It seems that Toyota isn’t alone in having non-functional web sites. In fact it’s better than some, the basic information on the cars is available and it is possible to[...]
open letter to Toyotaopen letter to Toyota
When I visit the toyota.com.au web site it does not display any information on the new Camry, instead it displays a message saying “Unfortunately you do not have flash 8”.[...]
started growing a beardstarted growing a beard
At LCA in January this year there was an auction at the end (an LCA tradition), and most people were feeling very relaxed and happy after plenty of good food[...]
working all nightworking all night
Last night I worked until 5AM on a magazine article. Upon review the later stages of my work weren’t of my usual quality level, and today I did nothing significant[...]
Virgin – no free water and renewable energyVirgin – no free water and renewable energy
When returning from Ruxcon I took a Virgin Blue flight. The Virgin web site has a FAQ with the following advice regarding DVT: Drink plenty of water and other fluids[...]
dunc-tank and motivationdunc-tank and motivation
The dunc-tank project was established to raise money to compensate some Debian developers who are essential to producing a timely release of Debian. There has been a lot of acrimoneous[...]
Lack of privacy in AmcalLack of privacy in Amcal
Recently I visited my local Amcal pharmacy. When I was waiting to pay I noticed a large pile of cards on the country, they were customer loyalty cards with the[...]
Ruxcon and SLUGRuxcon and SLUG
This weekend I was in Sydney for Ruxcon. Ruxcon is a computer security conference with a focus on penetration testing and related skills. The presentation on Unusual Bugs by Ilya[...]