
Marceline Bovill R.I.P
On 14 Feb 2018, my mother passed away. Following are excerpts from the Eulogy I delivered at her funeral. Everyone knows that Mum, or Mam as some of us called […]
The ramblings of a mad man.
On 14 Feb 2018, my mother passed away. Following are excerpts from the Eulogy I delivered at her funeral. Everyone knows that Mum, or Mam as some of us called […]
Sometimes I think I have figured it all out. On more than one occasion in my life, I have started thinking about the universe and ended up inadvertently stretching my brain […]
OK, so this is at the top of the list of “first world problems”, and for that, I apologise. But my Apple Watch is the most frustrating, annoying and almost […]
“I used to be with it, but then they changed what *it* was. Now what I’m with isn’t *it*, and what’s *it* seems weird and scary to me.” Abe Simpson This is […]
As a kid I was obsessed by Richie Rich comics. I wanted to be Richie Rich. However, things didn’t quite work out. It turns out my parents were not ultra-rich […]
From the age of around 10, I fell in love with computers. More specifically, I fell in love with the TRS-80. Which may give some indication of my age, and […]
Thanks to the power of Google, I recently stumbled across a small reference to my father in the Newcastle Herald from 1950. My father passed away when I was eight years […]
“Have you ever stood and stared at it, marvelled at its beauty, its genius? Billions of people just living out their lives, oblivious.” Agent Smith, Circa 1999 I like to stare […]
“My mind is aglow with whirling, transient nodes of thought careening through a cosmic vapour of invention.” Hedley Lamarr
Brushes with fame? Not many. But all notable nonetheless. I once was invited to a party at Parliament House by Natasha Stott Despoja. And I went. I literally bumped into Malcolm […]