Absolutely gorgeous analysis. https://www.designedbycave.co.uk/2020/LEGO-Interface-UX/ Piloting an ocean exploration ship or Martian research shuttle is serious business. Let’s hope the control…

[Medium read, 700 words] This a Daruma Doll. I know a lot more about the Daruma Doll than I did back then,…

LOL I don’t write much these days heh. Anyway. https://hackernoon.com/why-i-stopped-using-multiple-monitors-bfd87efa2e5b Many developers believe multiple monitors improve productivity. Studies have proven…

Saturday night, I’m in Brisbane City, for a Buck’s night. A combined Buck and Hen’s night; the “Bucking Hens night”,…

I recently travelled to Hong Kong for ten days. This has traditionally meant a reliance on hotel WiFi for communications;…

How to install configure Microsoft Lync, part of the Office 365 download, for MacOS 10.8 Mountain Lion and 10.9 Mavericks:…

Smells like rocket science. Still.

Thank you, XKCD 🙂 I refer you back to “The King of Computers”

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I have a dream. Not really a dream, I see it happening. When I walk into a room, the lights…

You betcha.

I’m off to represent my country in Canopy Piloting. Pic by Rosemary Smith

A lift capacity of 120 woke us up. Unedited video. Can’t wait for the main event to start.

Went twice. Back row, at lunchtime, as shown. Then again, front seat, at night. When I shat myself. Closed my…

Made it to LA. Stopping for a meal before heading to the DZ…

A few words about the Christmas Party first. I’d been at my new job a week when I got the…

From the iphone. Couldn’t help myself.

In the presence of the rest of Tim’s family, Anne Bates and Rebecca Infanti took the stage to discuss this…

I think this is kind of where I’m at now.

Today’s outcome may end the interest in future chess matches between human champions and computers, according to Monty Newborn, a…

First published in ASM, 4 May 2005 The plan was simple – a one point skydive. To set a world…

Many folks have been keeping their eyes on digital photography with a view to skydiving for some time. Historically, Digital…

I do. I’ve always believed that freefallers and canopy pilots should be afforded the same treatment as rock stars and…

This may well be an apocryphal tale; the book where I originally read it is out of my collection, and…

First publication “Australian Skydiver Magazine”, 2003 You don’t have to go back to far in this sport to the point…

POPS are the “Parachutists Over Phorty Society”, which tends to be well represented at dropzones and boogies wherever they go.…

In which I discover a susceptibility to bee stings and get a chance to manage it. It’s Friday, June 1,…

If you’ve spent any time at all at my site, you’ll notice that clouds feature prominently. Even the strip on…

There’s been a frenzy of discussion following the defeat of World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov by a machine, namely a…

Posted to rec.skydiving, 11 Feb 97 Well, all I’m getting from most of you in my mailbox – given the…

“I am a HAL 9000 Computer. I became operational at the HAL plant in Urbana, Illinois, on the 12th of…