It’s the old comparison – are you a glass-half-full sort of person or a glass-half-empty sort of person? Or maybe even a glass-half-empty-and-leaking sort of person? Years ago, I thought I was a pessimist; “assume the worst, be pleasantly surprised”, [...]
Something that became extremely apparent to me last year when I explored therapy was the sheer physicality of the process of self control. When I find myself sliding I need to do physical things to arrest it, including: Making sure [...]
For those of you who don’t know me well enough yet, I’ll start this with a confession: I have no time whatsoever for Kylie Minogue; I can listen to maybe one or two Gaga songs before I need to put [...]
I got a massively destructive email this morning: How would I like unlimited hits to my website? Well, Mr Spammer, I wouldn’t. You see, unlimited hits would imply an infinite number of hits, which in term would imply an infinitely large [...]
Me: “Oh, and supper was sandwiches, like I expected. Four little triangles.” Darren: “Were they sandwiches of indeterminate content?” And so began Darren and my conversation about the sleep study I had this week. I’ve known I’ve had sleep apnoea [...]
I started using a naked app last week on my iPhone. No, I’m not talking about some new variant on Scruff or Grindr, but an app that is completely naked in terms of UI controls. There’s no buttons, checkboxes, menus [...]
A while ago, Bob Katter, Australia’s answer to Michele Bachmann, launched his own political party, “Katter’s Australian Party”. (Actually, it’s the second time he tried to launch it; the first time the registration was cocked up and it had to be [...]
A few days ago a University buddy asked me if I’d mind blogging about the factors that led me to the point of being such a strong Apple enthusiast. I’d like, from the outset, to clarify that I’m not a [...]
Alan Turing was one of the founding greats of computer science. He postulated concepts which are still in use today, and in fact in many circles is seen as the father of computer science. He was also gay. Sure, one [...]
It’s fair to say I’ve been in a grumpy mood for most of today. I rarely remember my dreams, and last night was generally no different – by the time I awoke I had no recollection of what had gone [...]