Australia
Vic Schools Mashup
For the somewhat limited audience of parents looking at neighbourhoods and schools in Victoria, Australia, I present the Victorian Schools / Google Maps Mashup. Note that there are two...
published on Saturday, June 30 2007 ( 6 comments )
Australia != America
We were… refreshingly reminded that we’re not in Kansas (or even California) any more while watching The Daily Show on TV tonight, and this commercial came on; Nando’s is a...
published on Monday, May 7 2007 ( 3 comments )
Things to Remember when Moving Country
It’s always more expensive than you plan. The few weeks before you go are the busiest of your life. It’s on the scale of planning a wedding where royalty...
published on Monday, February 12 2007 ( 4 comments )
So close, yet so far...
published on Tuesday, January 16 2007 ( 3 comments )
Connectivity in .au - Help!
So, no that we have a place to live, there are a few choices; Phone — Since we’re keeping jobs as well as friends and relatives in the States,...
published on Wednesday, January 3 2007 ( 9 comments )
Week Two in Victoria
I say “Victoria,” not Melbourne, because we’re currently staying in Forest Hill, courtesy of Roger and Marg, who are on holiday. The good news is that today we signed...
published on Wednesday, January 3 2007 ( 1 comment )
Week One in Melbourne
It’s Christmas Eve, and Charlie and I have been on the ground in Melbourne for a week. So far, we’ve got a new mobile phone (sweet), checked in with...
published on Sunday, December 24 2006
Seven Year Itch
In a nutshell: After a lot of angst, back-and-forth, and false starts, we’re moving back to Melbourne next month, seven years and a few days after we arrived in...
published on Wednesday, November 15 2006 ( 16 comments )
Workers of the World, Untie
A few snippets from the day; 1) The Wall Street Journal reports on the divergence between productivity and wages; Since the end of 2000, gross domestic product per person...
published on Sunday, March 26 2006 ( 1 comment )
Where have the Professional Journalists Gone?
Like a blogger trying to pump up their buzz, the New York Times declares; Australian Unrest Spreads to Other Cities What’s happened now? Have Melbourne and Brisbane been overrun...
published on Tuesday, December 13 2005 ( 2 comments )
(Statistical) Information Wants to Be Free
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has announced that as of today, their online publications and tables are now free to download, instead of requiring an account and a per-download...
published on Friday, July 1 2005 ( 1 comment )
Effects of Australian Tax Cuts
Last week, the Australian government announced a new budget. It included a number of tax cuts that were even more ambitious than expected. To help figure out who these...
published on Sunday, May 15 2005 ( 1 comment )
Notes on Generational Accounting
Social Security represents a pact between generations—a financial and social commitment among people of all ages. — US Social Security Administration Although George Bush has caused a brouhaha with...
published on Tuesday, May 10 2005 ( 4 comments )
Tempest in a Teacup, Counterclockwise*
Those who have been preoccupied by Two Funerals and a Wedding may have missed news of a developing diplomatic crisis in Australia. Sir Michael Somare, the Prime Minister of Papua...
published on Sunday, April 10 2005 ( 1 comment )
Melbourne
Since the W3C Web Services Addressing Working Group is visiting my (sort of) home town in a couple of weeks, I've updated the Opinionated Guide to Melbourne that I sometimes give to people by e-mail and put it on the Web. /me dons flame-retardant suit...
published on Wednesday, January 5 2005 ( 6 comments )
Tufte would be Proud
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released an SVG-based "animated population pyramid" that very nicely visualises the change in that country's population over time.
published on Friday, December 17 2004 ( 2 comments )
FYI
For some reason, people are considering a change, such as this one. Might I make another suggestion [pdf].
published on Friday, November 5 2004 ( 3 comments )
Back
If you're wondering where the promised travel stories from Melbourne got to, you'll have to wait a bit longer. Right after I got there, Anitra was bit by a spider (a supreme irony, really) and had to go to the emergency room, because all sorts of unpleasant things were happening.
published on Sunday, September 19 2004 ( 5 comments )
And now for something completely different: Roadblog!
I'm typing this from the Red Carpet Club in San Francisco International Airport, about to disembark on a snap vacation to Australia. By 'snap vacation,' I mean that I didn't have a gleam in my eye about this trip two weeks ago, but thanks to generous fares from United ($650 round trip!)... Anitra and Charlie are staying behind for this one; she couldn't get away from work, and will be going to Australia to hear some wedding bells (shhh, big secret) in January.
published on Wednesday, September 8 2004 ( 1 comment )
The Age Gets RSS Feeds
Melbourne’s The Age now has RSS feeds available — hooray! I’ve been scraping them and bugging the staff for a while, so it’s nice to see that Fairfax (now “Fairfax...
published on Monday, August 2 2004
Australia thinks twice
Word is that somewhere in the neighborhood of200,000 Melbournians got out of bed yesterday and decided to give a peice of their minds to the government. Good thing, too; you...
published on Friday, February 14 2003