When I started my working career in an engineering business, I worked in the office, with no exceptions. The working day started at 8:30 am in the office and finished anytime after 5.30 pm, often later. Technology limitations meant that calls, invoices, meetings, and customer support all happened from a …
There is a special type of braggadocious social post that manages to get the bile rising in the throat faster than a greenwash post from a fossil fuel company. I’m thinking of the disciplined time schedule post that says, look how busy I am, look how successful I am, and …
Reveries of a solitary walker or Les rêveries du Promeneur Solitaire by Jean Jacques Rousseau is one of the first modern love stories dedicated to the art of walking. Written near the end of his life, Rousseau reflects on his life and his perceived persecutions for his ideas. The writing …
My poor little website has been struggling recently, and initially, I thought it was due to DDOS attacks after looking at the logs of strange p0rn related requests. Initially (in late October), I blocked IP addresses, added CloudFlare, reviewed logs. The website was still broken and I thought the only …
So in the midst of a snap COVID related lockdown (no friends over, don’t leave the house, don’t travel more than 5 Kms from your house etc) I saw the following tweet from Dave Graney, a Melbourne musician who I have seen perform a number of times. He is a …
When I was a student I quickly became enamoured with contemporary European philosophy that emerged in the second half of the twentieth century. Compared to the stuffy concept of an absolute truth, long socks, and a privileged path from school to luxury SUV and trophy wife touted by the teachers …
After watching the Channel Four series Years and Years and then observing the British General Election I was confused. Was Years and Years a drama or a documentary? Was this one of those unique moments Trumpian moments when art imitates life? Or is everything just fucked and fucked up? Who …
So I recently and belatedly watched The Defiant Ones on Netflix and was completely enthralled. It is a great story that shows how music producers and entrepreneurs Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre transformed the music industry, founded Beats Electronics, and got very very rich. I knew Dr Dre was one of the …
I was on a business trip to Melbourne recently. It was a crazy one week trip flying from a bitterly cold -6c in Amsterdam, to a steamy 28c for the tail end of the Australian summer. The weather was glorious. The jet lag was intense. The trip wasn’t taken alone. …
I found this piece I wrote a day before G. was born on a long discarded and unpublished website recently. It’s interesting to reflect on how I felt then and how I feel now. I am definitely a better father, but the irony is that for my son, his experience …
