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Sysadmin, developer, web dude in a science research agency. WordPress, Japan, planes, trains, karate, Arduino, Raspberry Pi/Pico, puns, dad jokes, etc.
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Sculpture by the Sea
B and I caught the train and the bus down to Bondi Beach today to view the Sculpture by the Sea exhibition. The sculptures, by many different artists, are placed around the coastal walk between Bondi and Tamarama beaches. I've added our photos of the sculptures to the website. They range from abstract to the…
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Somewhere quiet and easy
Tonight I am listening to the soundtrack to Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and recalling our holiday in New Zealand. We may book our China-Japan flights this weekend, which is very exciting because I haven't been to China before. Yet, I wouldn't mind visiting NZ's South Island again. It's such an easy destination,…
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Trains in every country
I realised tonight that I have caught trains in every country that I have visited, with the exception of Thailand where we were just transiting. A few of the trains we have caught include: Penang to Singapore (Malaysia/Singapore) MRT (Singapore) Taeri Gorge tourist train (New Zealand) TGV (France) Eurostar (UK/France) AVE (Spain) Golden Pass (Switzerland)…
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Watching the planes fly past in the evening
Kita the puppy is a great excuse to spend time outdoors while he plays his puppy games. It's beautiful outside, golden light, a few puffy white clouds. I watched the Qantas 747's QF1 and QF5 fly past on their way to Bangkok and Singapore, then onwards to Europe. I would like to be seated on…
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Almost 6am
It's almost 6am – just shut down my connection to work in preparation for "getting up". Did get some sleep last night, but dreamed of the staff CV's application, so it wasn't very restful. Got to download the code to the laptop so that I can keep programming on the train. Done all the basic…