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Cockatoo Island
In 2006 I helped document a class/program at UTS School of Architecture titled Urban Islands. It involved students creating large scale installations exploring the nature of ‘space making’. It took...
View ArticleFocus on verbs over nouns
I’ve really enjoyed reading Jeff Tweedy’s book How to write one song – a pocket-sized edition focused on taking the first step of writing a song (as distinct from becoming a songwriter). In the first...
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3 years at Automattic
On this day 3 years ago I hopped off a plane at Orlando International Airport to start my first day working for Automattic. I was going from 10 years of being self-employed, to being part of a...
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Rosehaven makes me want to move to Tasmania
We recently started re-watching the absolute gem of a TV show – Rosehaven (if you’ve never seen it – I highly recommend checking it out on Amazon Prime). Trust me – it was more interesting than this...
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Filming Locations and Architecture of Hanna
We recently finished binging all three seasons of Amazon Prime’s Hanna. It was a wonderfully moody, well paced and considered spy/action thriller. It was also beautifully shot – in locations...
View ArticleRadiohead on Rage
Cast your mind back to the 90s (if you can). For those who aren’t old enough to remember, this was a time before reliably being able to watch music videos on the internet (YouTube wasn’t anywhere near...
View ArticleEmpyema Reading/Watch List
I recently spent 3 weeks in hospital recovering from a complication lung infection stemming from Pulmonary Emobolisms and Pneumonia, followed by another 3 weeks under their care from home. In that...
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Redesigning my site with Twenty Twenty-Four
It’s been a while since I redesigned this site – and with the launch of the default Twenty Twenty-Four theme (bundled with WordPress 6.4) I thought it was time to give that a go. Let’s start with a...
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The centered cinematography of Mr Nobody
Mr Nobody (2009) was a film I entirely missed when it came out. And apart from a few European critics it seems most of the world missed it too. I recently watched it and was blown away. As it turns...
View ArticleWordPress and the Data Liberation Project
Back in 2004, I was tinkering around on the web – playing with a blogging tool called Movable Type. When they introduced a licensing model (how dare they ask me to pay?), I started looking for...
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