I live in the bush.  Not out back of beyond, or beyond the black stump. I'm 20km from the nearest town, on a highway, and within 2km of the local telephone exchange.  Yet I'm in an internet backwater.  All because of ideology.  Let me explain. Australia… more »

Today is March 17, the day for the wearing of the green.  But today I'm in a more sombre mood as I've just had to say goodbye to a mate of almost 17 years.  He died today in the arms of my wife, after a melanoma in the mouth finally took away his… more »

I often see job postings that allow remote workers, but only from Europe or North America.  This ignores a pool of talent that has advantages that you may not have thought of.  Australia is often seen as being in an "inconvenient" timezone, yet if you… more »

I had heard of Arduino for a while, but it wasn't until the 2012 Linux.Conf.AU in Ballarat that I got my hands on one.  Freetronics had come up with an Arduino compatible USB stick called the LeoStick and they provided a free one to each conference… more »

  As a result of disasterous fires in our state in 2009 known as Black Saturday there was a Royal Commission into the fires, the management of them and the deaths that occurred as a result.  Coming out of this was a set of recommendations and changes… more »