7. A Home on White Place
Penka describes the family’s experience of buying land and building a new house in the suburb of Figtree.
Rumination 68: Beware the Bagging Area!
Rumination 68: Beware the Bagging Area!
Penka describes the family’s experience of buying land and building a new house in the suburb of Figtree.
Head scritches!
Queen of the Knee!
As I was sitting in the lounge room, casually browsing Micro.blog, @NTKF came up to me and said, ‘With your fluffy hair, reading glasses and that stern look on your face, you look like Admiral Adama’. I’ll take that as a compliment, thank you very much. 🌟
In the latest episode of Lounge Ruminator, ‘Mass versus Niche’, I consider whether traditional mass media may be a better way of engaging with significant topics such as ‘Black Lives Matter’. 🎙
Dusk in North Wollongong with night mode…
Penka tells the story of her family’s big move to the city of Wollongong in 1974. 🎙
We bought a retractable net to play table tennis in our dining room; fortunately, we also have a wonderful avian audience that squawks in support.
This week, the lovely @andrewcanion joined me to discuss favourite computing memories, early touch-typing stories and how we both chose the Mac as the hub of our digital lives. It was a lot of fun to record! 🎙 Apple Podcasts / Overcast
Some thoughts on dubious advertising claims in Rumination 67: Tailor-made Absorbency
Sleepy time
Rogue is loving this peg that we stuck to the cage. It’s her new viewing platform for the dining table and lounge room.
In the latest episode of Lounge Ruminator, I explain my research on niche podcasting and discuss the desire to buy more books than can be read. 🎙
Rocky the Mackatiel
iPads and trackpads do work really well together! Read more on Lounge Ruminator.
Today on Lounge Ruminator, in honour of Jerry Stiller (Frank Costanza in Seinfeld), @NTKF and I discuss the best show ever and how it brought us together.
Shock, horror!
They really, really love corn.
‘The object of universities is not to make skilful lawyers, physicians or engineers. It is to make capable and cultivated human beings.’ — John Stuart Mill 💬 (Quote 5/7, Micro Challenge).
Yes, I edited this photo quite a bit, however I continue to be impressed by the colour and detail that can be revealed in iPhone night-mode shots. (This scene from last night was almost pitch-black.) We truly are living in a simulation now! 😱
‘It’s noice, it’s different, it’s unusual.’ — Kath and Kim 💬 (Quote 4/7, Micro Challenge)
‘You won’t burn in Hell… but be nice anyway.’ — Ricky Gervais 💬 (Quote 3/7, Micro Challenge)
‘I don’t care how f@#king runny it is.’ — John Cleese on camembert in the Cheese Shop Sketch 💬 (Quote 2/7, Micro Challenge)
A calm walk through Wollongong Botanic Garden
