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A portmanteau. A treasure trove. A time capsule. A poetry book. A diary. A photo album. Memories. Dreams. Wishes. Hopes. An open letter to an unsuspecting public. An intimate confession to close friends. A declaration of intent. A whisper of love. A personal record. An experiment in introspection. A performance space. A political rant. A wild yawp. Why do any of us publish our words and images online? Come, dream with me.Protected: Second Life, just like the first
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Where’s my jetpack, then?
We just found this in a magazine: the InHealth phone using NASA’s eNose technology to sense what a user is eating and advise on dietary needs. Welcome to the future, people. Talking about technology to drool over, Doug and I went to look at what might be my new…
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Vale Ted Lord
Ted Lord was a poet and community-minded individual who hosted Dan O’Connell poetry on a Saturday for many, many years in Melbourne. I was sad this morning to read of his death, although he’d had a long life and from what I can gather, a hard one at times. He was a…
Argh! The US on climate change
I have huge problems with the idea of the G8. I don’t think there should be a ruling class like this making decisions for the rest of us. But when those decisions are good things, like reining in the runaway idiocy of their corporations and trying to save some space…
Tech envy
Doug was trying to make Aperture jump through hoops the other day and decided the business needed a faster machine. He went for a quick drive and came home with a MacPro with 4Gb RAM and 750Gb HD. Holy tamole. I am sooo envious. Even if I do get to play with it, it’s…
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FireDrums 2007
Over the weekend, we went to Big Basin State Forest for FireDrums V. It was a magical weekend, mystical and wild, even if it was emotionally draining at times. I lit my poi for the first time ever and Doug and I did a quiet little Beltaine ritual in front of the big…
FireDrums 07
An incredible weekend of drumming and firespinning for Beltaine weekend. For now, photos. There was a large firepit. There were firespinners. There were incredibly sexy people, wearing hats I really want. And flag-dancers. I spent some of Saturday practicing…
SkyHigh
No, not the movie. It’s a trampoline place a little way from here and we headed there on Thursday to get some exercise in. Really, it’s quite a workout if you do it right. This is Tina’s boyfriend Andrew jumping over her head. Let’s just say some of us are in better…
May 1, cinqo de mayo, beltaine
Well, today is May Day, traditionally a day of worker’s rights. There were rallies throughout California for labor issues and I figure it’s an appropriate time for me to comment on my observations. One of the teens around me right now mentioned that his work has…
Whoa…
I‑80 collapses after tanker crash I was just on this stretch of road yesterday, driving back from Alameda (where we had Anzac day lunch at a New Zealand restaurant with mizchalmers) to San Francisco to buy lovely Moroccan furniture from La Kasbah. Just for the record…
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Busybody’s heaven
Sitting in the only decent coffee shop in Silicon Valley makes for interesting ear-candy. Just about every day there’s another Google-staffer, Apple-staffer, Yahoo-staffer or start-up hopeful talking with friends about some issue they’re having or some breakthrough…
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Observations and links
We live near an elementary school. Every morning I can hear a young child reciting the pledge of allegiance to America. It’s odd. It’s everything I disliked when I was at school about nationalism at school. It’s everything I disliked about flags and Anzac day and all…
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It is forbidden to forbid
In a discussion about road signs here, Doug and I agreed that the major difference between Australia and America is that in Australia, everything is forbidden unless expressly permitted while in America, everything is permitted unless expressly forbidden. There is a…
Phoenix Emberstone
passionate political poet
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