Word-whore. I write 'em. I talk 'em. Information, politics, media, and the cybers. I drink. I use bad words. All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris! Vive les poissons rouges sauvages!
Monday 2 to Sunday 8 November 2020 was one of the strangest months in my life, not because of what I did but because of what went down in America.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 545: Post-turtle moth with some encryption”
Monday 12 to Sunday 18 October 2020 was a good week. I wrote an interesting article. We made some videos for ZDNet that will appear very soon. And most significantly, I launched a crowdfunding campaign that I hope will help me make it through November and December.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 542: Cicadas cyber videos, and crowdfunding”
My week of Monday 13 to Sunday 19 April 2020 saw me write the first proper article in nearly a month. It’s an amazing change. And the weekly podcasts continue. Is this a new pattern?
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 516: Even the cockatoos are suffering during the COVID-19 lockdown”
The week of Monday 17 to Sunday 23 February 2020 was spent in Melbourne working hard, despite a lingering lurgi that was not COVID-19.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 508: Cyber and Chinese-inspired lighting in Melbourne”
The week of Monday 10 to Sunday 16 February 2020 was wet. I lost a day clearing up after the weekend rainstorms, but I still got a couple of things written, and a lot of planning done. And a nice long Sunday lunch.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 507: After the rains the clean-up, and cuttlefish soldiers”
The most remarkable event in the week of Monday 3 to Sunday 9 February 2020 was the rain. A lot of rain. In just three days Wentworth Falls received 279mm. With another 100mm expected before 9am Monday, that’ll be more than half the total rainfall of 2019.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 506: Parliament returns, and so do the rains”