Well it's about time I actually posted something here.

Last Monday, exactly one week ago, I attended my final class at uni - and it feels sweet. I have two exams to go which I haven't started studying for yet. I'm sitting on 44.5% with a 50% exam to come for Multimedia Systems and 54.2% with a 40% exam to come for Information Technology Management. I think I'll start studying next weekend. Last week I signed up with a new hosting provider which was a totally fun experience. I'm yet to migrate this site and that should happen today1. The only downside I've found so far is that Dreamhost ... more

It IS NOT the best coffee in the world!

I really, really, want instant coffee companies to stop trying to tell me their coffee is the best in the world. IT. IS. SIMPLY. NOT. TRUE! I even want McDonald's to stop telling me their espresso coffee is good. It's not, and I don't have to taste it to know that.

Brendan Nelson: Intelligent Design?

It's been a ridiculous and ongoing debate in the US for some time now. The alternative theory of Intelligent Design is being promoted in schools in more than 20 states across the US and by the US President1. Some school boards are requiring teachers to refer students to Intelligent Design as an alternative to evolution and inform students that evolution is only a theory and is not fact.2 This week, 70,000 Australian scientists have (wisely) taken pre-emptive action and sent an open letter to schools asking them to not consider teaching the 'theory' as it fails to qualify on every... more

Damn this ambition to succeed!

It's week 13 at uni this week which is the last week of teaching before study week. That means that any student who knows anything about doing well in exams makes every effort to turn up because it's the week when lecturers are most likely to hand out exam tips. The end of semester is also the reason I've been a little slow at updating here of late. The past two weeks have been very assignment heavy1. Anyway, getting back to the point, week thirteen is generally important if you plan to do well in your exams. On top of ... more

Pinhole Lego Camera

This is the best use I've seen for one of the best toys ever invented. Adrian Hanft from Found Photography has taken the time to devise a pinhole camera made of Lego. Now that is fantastic!