moon jellyfish Kel and I spent a few hours at Sydney Aquarium as part of her birthday celebrations – she’s been encouraging me to go for a long while, and it was a great thing to do together – and especially to go outside the school holidays. God has made some amazing creatures.
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for sale to good home
I’m selling my old 17″ G4 powerbook; it has an 80GB hard-drive, 1GB of RAM, a 1.33GHz processor, and still has Applecare warranty until December… let me know (email to powerbook at cafedave.net) if you’re interested.
temporary space
When you’re having a conversation via email, there is a certain leisure about it: you put your ideas forth, and eventually (sometimes immediately, sometimes after a year or more), the response comes back. A long dormant conversation can easily be picked up again, if the other party is willing. One of the strangest things about …
RSL rethinks flag idea after threats
Granted, this is an ideal circus for talkback radio to immerse itself in – RSL rethinks flag idea after threats. I don’t want to try and say the offence that the person committed – in the height of the Cronulla riots – was justified, or acceptable. Burning or defacing an Australian flag is a bad …
bluishorange
bluishorange is back with an anti-consumerism rant: there’s some wisdom here: why should i do anything when there are shows to be watched and products to be purchased? i can’t go out because veronica mars is on, i can’t write because somewhere on ebay there’s the perfect pair of vintage black boots. i don’t do …
working at a cafe table
Barb on working, signposted by coffee and food. I spent an hour and a half this morning at a cafe finishing a book: a different kind of productivity. It’s a pleasant change to read about someone else’s cafe habits: I tend not to mention my regular haunts (definitely plural – there’s a cafe as far …
from online to offline friends
I’ve spent some time in recent weeks and months catching up with people who I mostly know from their blogs. These catch-ups make for an unusual social situation. If you read someone’s blog for a while, you start to think of them as a friend, in a weird, online kind of way: at least of …
much better now
much better now If you’ve been wondering about the reduced posting (except for DVD reviews), it’s because I’ve been sick. After a combination of eyedrops and rest, it looks like I’m back to normal again. Thanks to those who made the journey to visit, and especially to kel, who kept me cheerful despite having to …
Coffee cupping at toby’s estate
Coffee cupping at toby’s estate I’d never been cupping before: it’s the process of tasting single origin beans to determine their quality. After turning up to the wrong branch of Toby’s Estate (should have gone straight to Chippendale), we arrive late to see a lucky few exploring the roasting area at the back of the …
First you get the running, then you get the coffee
First you get the running, then you get the coffee Getting up at 5am to learn how to run with less risk fo injury is at its sweetest when enjoying a coffee afterwards. Major realisation this morning as to where I’m going wrong (with running at least) – using the inside of my feet instead …
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