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05-01-2013 11:01PM
New year, deep breath, another "blog reboot"?
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Living in the dark dungeons of the internet
Small Things
26-06-2012 06:37PM
Let's continue the discussion of things done right.
So Far Off to a Bad Start
03-09-2011 05:54PM
A whinge.
A New Decade
01-01-2011 09:56PM
Holy smokes, the second decade of the new millenium already? And I still haven't been issued my jet pack.
{Interlude}
21-11-2008 11:43AM
Some stuff has been going on
Hoist the Mainsail - Part 2
06-09-2008 10:06PM
In which I get completely and utterly sea sick, but not as sea sick as some.
Hoist the Mainsail - Part 1
27-01-2008 01:27PM
In which I undertake a challenging but excellent trip for my birthday.
Gone Pro
07-09-2007 06:51PM
I have completely spoiled myself.
Wait, What?
24-08-2007 05:56PM
At the Rentals of Madness
30-01-2007 12:00AM
The dark void that is finding a place to live in Sydney.
Last Year v This Year
30-12-2006 10:30PM
Resolutiony type thingies.
Approved!
26-11-2006 10:22AM
Which is what my application for citizenship is.
Hawaiian Diary: There and Back Again
11-09-2006 09:27PM
Day two of my Kaua'i trip-- seeing my cousin Angela again for the first time in a couple of years. Originally written on 12/08/2006.
Thank You Again, Sandy
06-09-2006 05:02PM
Two quick video clips of our luau, with hula dancing.
Hawaiian Diary: Welcome to Wainiha
04-09-2006 09:26PM
The first of two journal entries from my Kaua'i trip (that's all I had time for). Originally written on 12/08/2006.
Oh We're Going to a Hukilau
03-09-2006 03:00PM
More pictures from Hawai'i
I don't usually do quizzes, but...
01-09-2006 05:55PM
I kinda liked this one.
Sunburnt, Tired, Sore, & Deliriously Relaxed
21-08-2006 10:45PM
Hawaii was awesome! And not just hotdog awesome.
Comics N00b: Playing with a Full Deck of Cards
08-08-2006 10:37PM
Watch out. Newly formed comic book geek, coming through. If you do not like comics your eyes may begin to glaze over.
State of the Geek Address
08-08-2006 10:37PM
Final update on the blogover.
The Importance of Being Geeky (reprise)
01-08-2006 10:45PM
My original geek manifesto, reprinted from 1998. Someday I will do an updated piece on this.
Blogover
09-07-2006 07:52PM
In which I finally get some time to spend on this web site.
In Memoriam
30-06-2006 10:10AM
Hit upside the head.
It's Frickin' Cold Mr Bigglesworth
05-06-2006 05:59PM
I hate winter.
The Last Day of Vacation
25-04-2006 05:42PM
12 days of much-needed R&R.
This Was How it Should Have Gone
16-03-2006 05:55PM
Waiting rooms suck. Especially at the hospital. At least I have my imagination to keep me company.
Smelling the Flower
02-03-2006 02:09PM
Hopefully not the same thing as drinking the Kool-Aid. A look at the new web app Ma.gnolia.
Four Things
13-02-2006 03:28PM
Jeneane tagged me for that Four Things meme.
Jerusalem
09-01-2006 08:49PM
A few details on a newly acquired family heirloom.
Shining and New: 2006 Year in Review (thus far)
04-01-2006 01:35PM
A tediously detailed account of my first three days of the new year.
Save Santa Rosa
13-12-2005 06:13PM
Some congressional jerkwad wants to take our national resources away from us.
How Do I Blog?
07-12-2005 12:56PM
Frank Paynter asks, I answer.
Matinee of Terror (1 of 2)
21-11-2005 11:19AM
Part 1: "Matinee of Terror" double feature, plus cartoon! Our reviewer watches Casper, the Friendly Ghost in "There's Good Boos Tonight" and George Romero's zombie classic: "Night of the Living Dead". Part 2 continues later with Vincent Price in "The Last Man on Earth".
You Know the Feeling...?
15-11-2005 03:07PM
Don't you hate it when you wake up sure that it's the weekend and it's not? Of course on the other hand it's really nice when you wake up thinking it's Monday and it's actually Sunday.
To Keep You Warm on Your Journey
12-10-2005 10:50AM
Mr Wiggins and I cross that final line into full dorkdom.
In Your Neighbourhood
06-08-2005 04:57PM
What it looks like where I live: a little photo-journey.
Watsons Bay
06-08-2005 04:57PM
A sunny winter afternoon spent at Watson's Bay. We needed to get out of the Inner West.
Playing Catch-up
06-08-2005 04:57PM
If only I was a full time weblogger.
Is it Safe to Post Without Mentioning London Now?
14-07-2005 04:46PM
If Londoners can't be that bothered about it, then should I be? More of the usual mundane stuff to follow instead.
Not so Sweet
08-06-2005 11:08PM
Nasty viruses, wicked viruses... we hates them, Precious! Yess! We hates them!
Speaking of Honey
08-06-2005 11:08PM
Bee juice and science fiction. The products of a diseased mind.
The Queen Bee Gets Some Honey
18-05-2005 09:35PM
Tor Amos' tour hits the Sydney Opera House, and I treat Mr Wiggins to some tickets for his birthday. It was exactly what we needed.
Tsunami Relief
01-01-2005 01:25PM
Donations through PayPal were not an option until today. Here are some of my reflections on the tsunami crisis.
Rock Your Socks Off
01-01-2005 01:25PM
Tenacious D rocked the Enmore-- and my world. Ohhh... to be a rock star.
Consumer Ho Ho Ho...
01-01-2005 11:54AM
The Geek Santa delivers.
America Makes Me Ill - TECHNICALLY
10-12-2004 03:12PM
By that punny title, I only mean that I went to the states for Thanksgiving and came back with tonsilitis! Wah!
Reflective, but Still Angry
10-11-2004 05:31PM
Retrospective on the election nonsense.
Still on Anger
04-11-2004 11:06AM
...I don't think I'll move to grief or acceptance.
First Denial, then Anger
03-11-2004 04:55PM
2004 Federal Election... Ughghghghghghhhhh.
More Hoohah
03-11-2004 04:13PM
2004 Federal Election... Ugh.
Hoohah
03-11-2004 02:02PM
2004 Federal Election... Ugh.
Inner Peas
27-08-2004 04:07PM
A dream journal entry about little balsa wood ship models and poetry.
Not Dead Yet
22-08-2004 03:37PM
But a bit brain dead. Reminiscing about four days off.
Independence Day
03-07-2004 01:10PM
A new revolution is declared. We now begin the Age of Philosophy.
I Consider Myself a Nerd
30-04-2004 12:31PM
Misanthropic comix, nerds, and splendor.
Adventures of the Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter
19-04-2004 05:44PM
Travelling back through time in the ARJ-a-tron 2000, to the days I stayed in a 1930s era lighthouse keeper's house on an island.
Celebrity Wedding Weekend
13-04-2004 04:14PM
It's who you know. What I did for my Easter Monday holiday.
Finally-- Etchings
31-03-2004 05:02PM
Some examples of etchings I made in my printmaking class.
A Mermaid
31-03-2004 05:02PM
My final project for printmaking: a lino cut print based on Waterhouse's painting, A Mermaid.
Todo - A Backlog of Play
30-03-2004 02:03PM
Fun personal projects that I don't have time for anymore. Boohoo!
Breathing Space
30-03-2004 01:42PM
A loosening up of the schedule, like a corset with snipped laces, has brought an end to my need to swoon. Y'know?
Evil Little Monkeys
24-03-2004 11:24AM
In the grand Geek Icon tradition of telling you my freaky-weird dreams.
Printmaking: Drypoint
19-03-2004 11:32PM
Some examples of drypoint etchings from my printmaking classes.
More Visuals
18-03-2004 10:51PM
I got a scanner this week and am starting to digitise my experiments with printmaking. Here is the first set of woodcut prints I made back in Sept 2003.
36 Habaneros
06-03-2004 01:06PM
Habanero chilis from our garden. Yummmmmmm...
Uncomfortable
01-03-2004 11:20AM
A rambling post about creativity and other random things in my life. Very R-Mode and not geeky at all, really.
GardenCam
02-02-2004 12:50PM
A few snapshots of my garden this morning.
St Andrew on Sunday
01-02-2004 11:15PM
"I was the first son of my mother," Andreas told me in a wonderfully old world, storyteller kind of way. He told me how he was born in a tiny village on Cyprus. The midwife, helping his mother into the birthing chair, had called on St Andrew for help, and he was named after the saint.
Anklebiters
28-01-2004 04:08PM
Ankle blood is sweetest. The anopheles has its wicked way with me while I'm sleeping.
All Dressed Up for the Party
14-01-2004 12:00AM
Andrea's iPod adventure: this was going to be a post written in anger, but it all turned out well before I could get time to type it up.
New
01-01-2004 12:00AM
Having a birthday on New Year's Eve gives me a nice set-up for all kinds of silly metaphysical-esque ruminations on birthdays, rebirth, starting over, and the new year.
Time to Think
30-12-2003 12:00AM
Even though I haven't had a whole lot of time to myself, being off work lets my creative juices boil a bit more.
And, Wendy, There are Mermaids
19-12-2003 12:00AM
Watching Peter Pan gets me choked up for my childhood.
Vacation, Had to Get Away
18-12-2003 12:00AM
Did you ever have one of those holidays where you were more tired after it was over? That was my last week and a half, while my dad was visiting me here in Sydney.
Thanksgiving Post Facto
01-12-2003 12:00AM
The holiday that disappeared. And other festive ruminations.
Stickin' it to the MAN
27-11-2003 04:23PM
Rock 'n Roll, rebellious, crazy... I've got a loud angry soul.
The Rite of Fishrush
20-11-2003 12:00AM
Fishrush is moving into a new state of being, an alteration of consciousness, a transcendence of spirit, and some other bollocks.
Faces I Remember
13-11-2003 12:00AM
I'm really fascinated by our own mental image of our faces. Here is a little experiment I conducted with my dad at Inter.Face. And a little addendum about my dad's latest post at Lunch Money.
Geek Portrait
11-11-2003 12:00AM
Fiddling around with online avatar concepts.
The Matrix Rewound
10-11-2003 12:00AM
Now that I've seen the final film in the trilogy, I'm trying to think back on the story as a whole.
Arggh... Don't Laugh at Me!
06-11-2003 12:00AM
Pirates are cool, not funny!
Inadvertant Holiday
06-11-2003 12:00AM
I'm losing my good Puritan work ethic one small step at a time.
Springtime in Bizarro World
01-11-2003 12:00AM
I'm missing a good old-fashioned spooky Halloween.
Work Ethic
30-10-2003 12:00AM
Things I do to amuse myself on my lunch break.
About This Site
28-10-2003 12:00AM
A few interesting notes about the site and its history.
Author Bio
28-10-2003 07:01PM
This geek icon's vital statistics.
Reinventing Myself
27-10-2003 12:00AM
Introduction to The Daily Geek.