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!
The week of Monday 22 to 28 November 2021 saw the Bureau of Meteorology declare another La Niña event, and rightly so. There’s been so much rain in the Blue Mountains, but of course we’ve escaped the flooding that’s happening elsewhere in NSW.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 600: Jerkbirds, podcast work, and the Great Sog continues”
Monday 1 to 7 November 2021 saw me do an actual social thing. With another person. OK, it was lunch at the pub with Mark Humphries before we recorded this week’s podcast, but it was still a wonderful sign that the Quarantimes are slowly coming to an end. I hope.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 597: Twitter, the law, and maybe even the end of the Quarantimes”
My week of Monday 11 to Sunday 17 October 2021 reminded me just how much human interaction I was missing during Greater Sydney’s lockdown. That ended on Monday, and I enjoyed the simple pleasure of sitting in a room where there were strangers and their sounds, and wine.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 594: I had a haircut and it was wonderful and I also had some wine”
It probably seems like I’m starting to obsess about my productivity, or lack thereof, but my week of Monday 4 to Sunday 10 October 2021 saw me generate two articles, a small podcast, and the beginnings of another crowdfunding campaign. Winter is over.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 593: Cybers, with an anticipation of Sydney”
As the Quarantimes continue, it feels like I flip between thinking everything’s mostly fine and a combination of nostalgia and despair. There was certainly nostalgia, especially for my trip to Thailand two years ago, but my week of Monday 13 to Sunday 19 September 2021 was also surprisingly productive.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 590: More nostalgia in the Quarantimes, plus some deep geekery in words”
My week of Monday 9 to Sunday 15 August 2021 was a productive one, with the weather already starting to feel like it’s spring. This time two years ago it was snowing. And four years ago I was in Canberra.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 585: Lyrebirds, productivity, and some nostalgia for Canberra”