Author Archives: dgm

 Yunupingu, the former frontman of Yothu Yindi, has died. I met him once, at a conference in Darwin about plans to create a project to record and digitize Aboriginal culture. The Aboriginal peoples of Australia may have had a culture … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

I have a paunch. Not a big one, but a definite paunch. To add to it my blood pressure and cholesterol are a little higher than they should be for a man of my age. In fact that’s part of … Continue reading →

A long and unseasonably warm drive down the freeway to Victoria. We started just after seven and broke for a coffee at the bakery in Holbrook sometime after 10.30. The drive down had been uneventful though a dry yellowing autumn … Continue reading →