80s Memorabilia
Well, I realise that I’ve been posting a lot of non-technical entries lately, but as we get closer to Christmas, I tend to get both nostalgic and sentimental, so it is kind of apt.  Today I was musing about toys of the 1980s era (Transforme

Getting back into reading (books)
With the amount of travelling I’ve done this year, it’s no wonder I’ve started (or resumed) reading so many books.  Typically, the normal book for me would be something technical (e.g. a Training Kit for SQL Server, for example) and for a long while I actually banned myself from reading fiction, so I could concentrate on picking up my professional development. Lately though, I yearned for some fiction/fantasy or historical/fiction which I tend to enjoy.  In the past I’ve read an amazing array of authors over a large and varied taxonomy of genres, including Tom Clancy, Bryce Courtenay, Michael Crichton, Jack Higgins, Alistair Maclean, Patrick O’Brian, F

Green Bay Packers Need Change - Urgently
Well, I’m sorry, but I can’t stay silent any longer.  I’ve been a “card carrying” Packers fan for 15 years or more and even through the Ray Rhodes debacle (disaster) I don’t think I’ve ever been as frustrated as I am now. You know we want to discuss the O-line, but let’s face it – it’s been degrading even since the Mike Sherman days.  The O-line: What a mess!  If there isn’t a personnel change soon on the offensive line – and I mean importing some new (better) talent – Aaron Rodgers is going to get a pasting which makes David Carr look like he only got slightly mangled in Houston! Is it too early to call for the heads of erstwhile architects Ted

ACTA is still “out there”
Those who have stumbled upon this blog before will be well aware of my hatred for what is brewing in the field of International copyright.  The so-called “Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement” (ACTA - summary) is bad news and it’s coming to a country near you – and soon. The recent meeting in Seoul, Korea wrapped up the next chapter in IP with regards to the Internet – yes, the thing you are using right this very minute – and it’s not looking good.  Michael Geist  (Canadian Uber Law Professor) has

Off Again
Well, folks, no sooner had I returned from a nice overseas jaunt in August, but I’m off yet again.  This time I’m off to the Asia-Pacific region to meet up with an old friend, and I won’t be back in Terra Australis until mid-November. Those of you who are interested in my travels can check out my travel blog, where I routinely add photos and journal entries while I’m abroad.  If you don’t know where the blog is, just shoot me an email and I’ll happily forward the URI to you. Things have been relatively quite the past few weeks (which begs the question, why have I been so slack in posting new articles?) – my sister was married in Canberra the weekend before l