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Belated Ada Lovelace day post

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

I know I’m run­ning late, I’ve barely had time to think lately, let alone try to assemble a coher­ent blog post. But yes­ter­day was Ada Lovelace day and I wanted to draw some atten­tion to one of the less vocal but def­in­itely no less import­ant mem­bers of the Sydney IT com­munity; good friend and crack […]

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How to win an LCA charity auction without really trying

Thursday, January 22, 2009

So, LCA char­ity auc­tion. Last night I had the sheer pleas­ure of being part of the chaotic may­hem that ended in a $10600 win­ning bid (earlier claims of $10500 were cir­cu­lated before we knew for sure how much we actu­ally had) for Karen Garbee’s beau­ti­ful award-winning print. Rusty informs me that’s the highest bid for […]

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LCA mascot and PSA

Monday, January 19, 2009

I am in love with this year’s LCA mas­cot, who I shall refer to as Taz Tuz, because that is actu­ally his name. After care­ful exper­i­ment­a­tion, I have determ­ined that a size 60 might be a bit too large for Taz. In com­pletely unre­lated news, on the way home from din­ner tonight with a group of a […]

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Quick summary of my week in Tasmania

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Dis­tance driven: 2163.7km. Plus another 30 or so tomor­row. Dis­tance walked: *shrug* 30km? 40? Lots of short walks ran­ging from half an hour to half a day. Times passed through Hamilton: 4. Best place name: Lem­on­thyme. Best place name that I actu­ally stayed at: Snug. Cutest town: Both­well. It sits smack in the middle of a big […]

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