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  • New ICT Centre website

    It’s fortunate that Friday’s concert took me to a galaxy far, far away, because I was absolutely exhausted in this one. In the middle of setting up an entirely new intranet for the CSIRO ICT Centre I was called upon to redo their public site. My superior wanted to use Dreamweaver templates, but in my…

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  • World of John Williams

    The World of John Williams concert was absolutely fantastic. Hearing a live orchestra added another dimension to the music beyond that of my well worn compact discs. It was also inspiring to see the enthusiasm and dedication of the young Eminence orchestra members, refreshing to see people dedicated to their craft and enjoying themselves at…

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  • John Williams concert coming!

    My otherwise wonderful wife has been hiding from me the fact that there’s to be an orchestral performance of John Williams’ music in Sydney – on her birthday. She did tell me, but couched in such a hypothetical way that I though she was joking. I just so happened to look out the train window…

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  • Late nights of cricket and programming

    it was strange watching the sunset over the England-Australia one-day cricket match on TV, and the sunrise out the window. I always associate cricket with summer, which it is in England, where the matches are being played. Yet, winter has suddenly hit Sydney with a vengeance. It confuses me! At least the cricket provided background…

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  • A quick trip to Melbourne

    I took advantage of cheap airfares to fly down to Melbourne for the day to watch Revenge of the Sith. Why? Simply put, I like to associate Star Wars with Melbourne. It was the last chance to relive a piece of my childhood. I’ll write more about this later. I flew on a domestic pass…

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  • Testing IE

    Testing

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