Archive for December, 2005

2006 May it be Fantastic!

Saturday, December 31st, 2005

Happy New Year!
Hours mean no more or less than years.
A moment is a point with no dimension.
People count to undermine their fears,
Persuaded numbers lead to comprehension.
Yet time is an illusion of our motion,
No realer than the rising of the sun.
Each line we draw rests on a restless ocean,
Way, way beyond the scope of more than [...]

Stalin Coffee

Wednesday, December 28th, 2005

He might not have been the nicest guy in real life but he’s now my favourite coffee cup.

The cup was purchased from ‘Gruto Parkas’. A large open air museum with soviet statues and memorabilia. The soviets lost the cold war because they spent all their money on statues of Stalin I observed. Topic for another [...]

Kerry Packer

Tuesday, December 27th, 2005

Reading about Australia’s richest man Kerry Packer passing away this week was a shock.
The diversity of comment I’m reading now about KP is quite interesting. Probably the only theme that seems important to me is that time is our most important currency, none are granted special favours or allocations in this regard.
I feel like I [...]

The Wonder of Technology

Sunday, December 25th, 2005

You could only have dreamed about doing such things even 10 years ago.

Merry Christmas!!

Saturday, December 24th, 2005

Merry Christmas 2005!
To my friends and family back in OZ and anyone else in the world reading this have a great Christmas and a splendiferous 2006, make it so!

Google Christmas

Friday, December 23rd, 2005

Well I predict the word ‘Google’ will light up like a Christmas tree.