I was tempted to title this "From Stiletto to Steel Cap - the fashions of AussieCon", although at least one other blogger has already touched on this subject, so perhaps not. For me today's running sheet started with "To Eternity and Beyond" - about… more »

This week I've come to appreciate Melbourne again. I used to spend a lot of time in Melbourne, as a school kid haunting the Pickwick Papers Bookshop in the Degraves Street entrance to Flinders Street Station, going up Swanston Street to Space Age Books… more »

This was the first WorldCon that I'd ever been to, and since it was in my erstwhile home town for only the fourth time in its 68th iteration, it was a chance I was not going to miss. I had been involved in conventions before, but usually as a presenter,… more »

In my job I get to see a lot of resumes. Being the grumpy dev in the corner, it is usually my task to take a first cut of the resume pile and weed out those who don't have the technical skills required for the job. Only after that happens does someone… more »

What's the difference between these two pieces of code: dojo.addOnLoad(function() { dojo.connect(dijit.byId('mainTabContainer').tablist, 'onButtonClick', tabClick); }); and: dojo.addOnLoad(function() { var container = dijit.byId("mainTabContainer");… more »