Monthly Archives: May 2013

Well that’s three years of my life then ….

Posted on May 28, 2013 by dgm

Suddenly, in the weird way that projects finish, the project I’ve spent three years on is done. Actually it’s not done, the final reports need to be formally accepted, and the final invoices issued, but it’s over. No more documentation, … Continue reading →

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Buying books

Posted on May 9, 2013 by dgm

A long time ago, I did a simple analysis of the cost of buying books in Canberra versus buying them online – either as secondhand or new. Since then I’ve moved over almost exclusively to the Kindle for my recreational … Continue reading →

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Romans, poo and toilets

Posted on May 9, 2013 by dgm

A few weeks ago we had the Roman toilet paper meme and the use, or not, of pessoi. That seemed to have died down until a recent post by Caroline Lawrence set it going again. Well I’m not an expert … Continue reading →

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Structuring your day as a key to productivity

Posted on May 7, 2013 by dgm

Withdrawing from social media is a meme of our times about which I’ve written a couple or three times. The fact is that while I’m far from anti-social, I do relish moments of disconnection. These gaps pour destresser where on … Continue reading →

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Dialup memories

Posted on May 2, 2013 by dgm

April 30 marked the twentieth anniversary of CERN making the world wide web and its protocols public domain. What’s often forgotten now is that the web was only one of the protocols around, there were alternatives, such as gopher, that … Continue reading →

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