tesla – Stilgherrian

23 March 202524 March 2025

Weekly Wrap 773: Remembering a little train in the sunshine

On a bright sunny day a pair of diesel railcars sit at a station platform in the open air. They’re silver, with their flat noses painted bright yellow, and just behind that a red stripe and a a small flash of blue.

My week of Monday 17 to Sunday 23 March 2025 wasn’t hugely productive but I’ve started planning more things. I also thought back to 2018, for some reason. Have a train.

16 March 202522 March 2025

Weekly Wrap 772: Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be

In the blue sky above a typical inner west Sydney red-brick block of flats a skywriter has scrawled WASH HANDS.

My week of Monday 10 to Sunday 16 March 2025 was slightly more productive than the previous week, thank the gods, but for some reason I found myself thinking about the past. Wash your hands.

09 March 202510 March 2025

Weekly Wrap 771: Never mind the productivity, feel the parrot

It’s a wet day in a eucalypt forest. On an old tree stump sits a pair of birds eating a handful of seed. On the left, the male bird has red head, breast, and lower undersides, with a blue band on the back of the neck between the red above and green on the back, the wings are green and each has a pale green shoulder band, the tail is green, and the rump is blue. On the right, the female has a green head and breast, a grey beak, and the pale shoulder band is small or absent

Productivity started to return during my week of Monday 3 to Sunday 9 March 2025, but not entirely. So here’s a photo of two king parrots and some links and stuff. There’s also a video of a grey butcherbird.

03 February 202507 February 2025

Weekly Wrap 766: Apartments supplement a medical theme

Seen across the roof of a suburban railway station are two modern apartment buildings their facades decorated with hexagonal shapes in matt gold with white trim.

My week of Monday 27 January to Sunday 2 February 2025 was relatively routine. I produced a podcast, amusing with a medical theme, because soon thereafter I had some medical scans done. I’ll let you know the results as soon as they’ve been checked out.

16 December 202420 December 2024

Weekly Wrap 759: Am I the perfect parrot perch, perchance?

A male Australian king parrot, a medium-sized bird with a bright red head and belly with back and wings in various shades of green. He is standing on a man's left hand, the palm of which holds a selection of seeds to eat.

During my week of Monday 9 to Sunday 15 December 2024 a certain king parrot decided that I am now his feeding perch. I finally wrapped up the spring series of The 9pm Edict podcast. And my injuries continued to heal quite quickly. I’ll definitely tell you more about them soon.

13 October 202423 October 2024

Weekly Wrap 750: Virtually South-East Asia, physically Queensland — at least today

The view down a rank of Boeing 737-800 aircraft, all in white and red Virgin Australia livery, their noses to the right lined up with the terminal's aerobridges.

My week of Monday 7 to Sunday 13 October 2024 was so productive I’ve gone on a holiday. Yes, I made a podcast about Indonesia and Thailand, as well as The Weekly Cybers and such, but today I flew to Cairns for the start of a week and bit in Queensland.