[as] Beijing: Queueing for Free Cabbage; it’s impossible to imagine a scene like this in Sydney
Monthly Archives: December 2006
Movie: Casino Royale
Movie: Casino Royale Despite what everyone has said about this being a great movie in its own right, it remains at heart a Bond Movie. If you like the genre, you’ll like this one, if you don’t, there’s still not much in it to save it from itself. Watchable, enjoyable fluff, great action sequences, but …
lamb with watermelon salad
dinner – lamb with watermelon salad It’s been a while since I’ve cooked something worthy of photographing, but last night’s dinner made the grade. I spotted a recipe in this month’s Delicious magazine that just sounded odd. Lamb with watermelon salad. How does that work, I thought, and so last night I made it. It’s …
the deadweight loss of Christmas
[kottke] An explanation of the deadweight loss of Christmas; where the giver spends more on the gift than the recipient would have spent – "An economist might suggest that the solution is to abandon the pretense and simply start exchanging small piles of money. The boom in gift cards is a kind of socially tolerable …
Dawkins on Santa
[kottke] Short Imagined Monologues: (Famous atheist) Professor Richard Dawkins Speaks at Fair Hills Kindergarten Regarding Santa Claus
Book: Defensive Design for the Web
Book: Defensive Design for the Web In an attempt to return to some professional development reading, I picked up this aging classic from 37 signals, and read it overnight – there’s a lot of stating the obvious, but it all needs to be said. If you’re looking for guidelines on what messages to display to …
interview with Bill Gates
Interview with Bill Gates – my favourite quote: I didn’t buy the last DVDs of (the TV series) 24. I try not to purchase these so I can receive them as gifts.
Ripples, Milsons Point
Ripples, milsons point Karmee coffee. North Sydney Olympic Pool, Olympic Drive, Milsons Point. Immediate views of the Sydney Opera House, and the underneath of the Harbour Bridge: to order a takeaway coffee is to stand at the “please wait to be seated” sign, and a polite, formal, yet friendly waiter is business casual attire takes …
Enclave and exclave
Words of the day: Enclave and exclave – political geography terms.
dangerous toys
[andrew p] Pray for Coal – the ten most dangerous toys of all time