Archive for November, 2008
Unique Books for Browny Points
By brendan at 25 November, 2008, 8:33 pm
According to Lifestyles of the Rich and Tasteful I am a member of the Australian middle class, and I am either driven by money or cultural attainments. I reckon cultural attainments push my buttons. My wife clearly sits on the cultural attainments side as well as she values a unique experience much more than a [...]
Read More >>mobile drinking
By brendan at 20 November, 2008, 5:59 pm
This afternoon I popped into a corner coffee shop in the city to have coffee with a friend of mine. She was, in her own words, “super excited” as she had just launched (yesterday) her first iPhone application. She of course hassled me to download it, but apparently it wanted to download via the internet, [...]
Read More >>Sith Lords & Mentors
By admin at 11 November, 2008, 12:25 pm
My 5 year old son is addicted to Star Wars. He and I have sat together for hours either watching the movies or endlessly playing Lego Star Wars. It may be bad parenting, but one of my current tools to get him to behave is to say “you can’t start your Jedi training unless you’re [...]
Read More >>unknown, unknowns
By admin at 10 November, 2008, 9:58 pm
I’m currently reading The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb [pls link to ] . Its a fascinating book that discusses why the improbable seems to happen a lot more than people expect. There was a section in the book that talked about the military and how they talk about “Known, Unknowns” and “Unknown, Unknowns”. [...]
Read More >>small stuff
By admin at 10 November, 2008, 9:57 pm
Over the last couple of weeks I have written about moving all my systems online, so that I could take advantage of a low cost light weight (linux based) netbook. This project had the added benefit of forcing me to be a better collaborator. In previous blogs, I’ve covered off all the major items, so [...]
Read More >>Cloud Money
By brendan at 5 November, 2008, 1:40 pm
In 1998 I stopped getting paid to be an Accountant. I came to the conclusion that being a scorekeeper wasn’t satisfying enough for me, I want to be kicking goals, not cheering from the sideline. I called it – Getting in touch with my inner salesman. I said “stopped getting paid” rather than “stopped working” [...]
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