Oh dear, Zhasper tagged me with one of those “tell us your 5 favourite feeds” memes. At least it wasn’t “5 things you may not know about me,” or I’d be forced to emulate Hugh MacLeod’s sarcastic reply. OK, here we go…
Stay alert, ye nameless, toiling animals
Hindsight is wonderful. When we look back at, say, World War II, TV documentaries cover the rise of Hitler in a few minutes. It’s easy to forget that Hitler was head of the National Socialist Party from 1921, fully 12 years before he became Chancellor in 1933. And it was another 6 years before WWII officially kicked off with the invasion of Poland.
I’ve often wondered what that all looked like for people living it in real-time. And oddly enough, three articles in the Sydney Morning Herald this weekend got me thinking about how that relates to the big global issues today.
New look!
Yes, things look different. I’m still using WordPress as the main content management system, but I’ve switched to the extremely flexible (and beautiful!) theme Tarski.
The header photo is the Sydney Harbour Bridge, shot on my Nokia N80 phone last weekend. I’ll fiddle with the colours and other elements later.
How to be creative
OK, OK, I’ve been busy again and haven’t had much of that “reflective time” I need to write something interesting. So here’s a pointer to a great little article on How To Be Creative. The first piece of advice? “Ignore everybody.”
Blog maintenance wiggles
I’ve just upgraded the WordPress software that runs this blog and I’m about to fiddle with the layout, so expect a few glitches for the next couple of days.
Then again, maybe it IS chicken-counting time for Rudd
A week ago I suggested it was premature to predict a landslide victory for the ALP’s Kevin Rudd in the forthcoming federal election. But this graph from The OzPolitics Blog today is certainly suggesting otherwise.
Does anyone have a parachute?