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Sketching Dreams

Published on September 3, 2008 in personal. 2 Comments

I feel like I may have some things to write about again soon.

Before you ask, I’m not being cagey, here. Mostly this is just a vague feeling, perhaps brought on by my recent visit home to Canada—a reminder that there are people I care about with whom I don’t communicate much (no, Facebook doesn’t count).

I dreamed up a fresh (but simple!) site design last night, so I broke out the Wacom to see if it worked in two dimensions. If I can keep it balanced, I think it might.

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Note to self: ask Lox if he minds me recycling his old comic book header idea.

Photos: Rubicon Valley Horse Riding

Published on October 7, 2007 in geekdom and personal. 3 Comments
Rubicon Valley Horse Ride 8

For the main event for our three-day getaway in and around Marysville, Jess and I went horse riding in Rubicon Valley on a perfect morning. We lucked out and got a guide all to ourselves, so we got to learn a lot more about riding than we had done on our previous ride.

Jess’s horse Bounty must have been having an off day, because she made several attempts to bite my horse, Apache (Yes geeks, Apache. Believe me, I was geeking out about it all the way!). Otherwise, the ride went smoothly, with lots of high-speed cantering that had Jess calling me “the geekiest cowboy around”.

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Going DRM-Free Digital

Published on October 6, 2007 in music and personal. 1 Comment

Matchbox Twenty’s ‘Exile on Mainstream’ album art

Having one too many dusty CDs taking up shelf space, I’ve decided not to buy music in physical form any more. I don’t care how many exclusive, special edition DVDs and fancy-pants packaging they dangle out there—it’s time to move past the physical disc.

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Coffee and Cave

Published on July 19, 2007 in impro and personal. 1 Comment

On the Impro Cave postcard, a speech bubble has been drawn next to Mark Gambino advising users of the coffee machine to switch off the steamer when they’re done.The postcard for The Impro Cave that I put above the coffee machine at work has been co-opted in an effort to promote best practices when making coffee. Ironically, I think Mark is the only person in the photo who would approve of this.

Simply JavaScript

Published on June 22, 2007 in personal and tech. 8 Comments
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It’s aliiiiiiiiiive! The first copies of Simply JavaScript—SitePoint’s latest book, co-written by me and Cameron Adams—have arrived! And if you’ll forgive my obvious bias, it looks awesome.

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Jess is a Full-time Teacher

Published on June 20, 2007 in personal and snippets. 2 Comments

After six months of casual relief teaching work, Jess was hired today to teach Drama and English at Koonung Secondary College!

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Empty Inbox

Published on June 20, 2007 in personal and tech. 1 Comment

Screenshot of my empty inboxLook ma – no unread email!

At the risk of tempting fate, I’m posting it for all to see: my email inbox is empty! This time last week, I had some 1,000 unread messages vying for my attention. Things were starting to slip through the cracks, and it was time for a big cleanup.

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Sunny Gets a Little Work Done

Published on April 24, 2007 in cute and personal. 4 Comments

SunnyAfter a week on antibiotics, our guinea pig Sunny is at the vet today having a conspicuous growth removed from his abdomen. The bump is mysterious, but we expect him to be fine.

At home with Jess, Toffee seems lost without his big brother. The pair haven’t been apart for more than an hour in their entire lives!

Update: Sunny’s home and doing fine. He’ll have a cool scar to show the ladies.

Impro A Go-Go

Published on April 23, 2007 in impro and personal. 1 Comment

Smells Like A Song 2007 photoThe 2007 Melbourne International Comedy Festival is winding down, and for me at least it has been a festival to remember.

Having recently joined the ranks of Impro Melbourne‘s talented ensemble, this was the first Festival where I took to the stage! Joining on opening night the cast of Impro Melbourne’s production of Smells Like a Song was a privilege … not to mention a blast!

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Fundamental Audio

Published on December 20, 2006 in personal, snippets and tech. 0 Comments

The audio and slides from my talk at Fundamentos Web 2006, as well as the panel discussion in which I participated, are now available on the conference web site.

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