From JP Identity is a natural place to go. People will soon work out that the uniqueness is best defined by identity and not by IP address or similar. Read it….look out for indentity hijackers and scarcity makers. We are as individuals already scarce – as in unique…we don’t need anyone monetising us. a milestoneContinueContinue reading “Todays Quote – Identity”
Category Archives: Thoughts
Just a phase?
Landed in Hospital the past few days. I’m starting to think I’m falling apart this year. Change – 2 : to pass from one phase to another
When are cells not cells?
I see Cam has picked up on the recent approval by the Australian Govt. of the experimentation and genetic modification of the human species. Now I don’t know a lot about this stuff, but I do know that these four cells are my son.
LongTailJewel, SecondOpinion and NewTailBlog – Affermative Action in the Blogosphere
I see my friend, JP, over on Confused of Calcutta, has picked up on the idea of bringing some equality to the blogosphere by highlighting lesser known bloggers and tagging the post newtailblog. This is right along the lines of what Mike and I picked up on and were discussing back in February through aContinueContinue reading “LongTailJewel, SecondOpinion and NewTailBlog – Affermative Action in the Blogosphere”
Extreme PDA Mods…not quite extreme enough
This extremely modded cradle for a Dell PDA grabbed my attention the other day. The thing that appealled to me was the compactness of the device given all the connections it had. Why is this important? Well, being able to have a device that can be ubiquitous with its connections is useful as you canContinueContinue reading “Extreme PDA Mods…not quite extreme enough”
Picture perfect
The photographer who took this picture below, today came to work and took a picture of me for this…. Not sure mine will turn out as exciting as this one! Dave
Apples and Ozone
My friend Andy applies his mathematical brain to comparing the thickness of the Ozone layer to that of an Apple skin. Check it out….. Eating an apple will never be the same again!
Bruce, YouTube and Second Life
Picked this up on my radar. Bruce Cockburn video on YouTube. Interesting as you don’t see much of Bruce outsideCanada/US. At last a personal useful thing I’ve found on YouTube. Now what I find interesting about the clip itself is it has an incredibly Second Life feel about it. Virtual buildings textured with the lyricsContinueContinue reading “Bruce, YouTube and Second Life”
don’t tell me
for avril if your not like that then why are we here on your bed? [ref]
Beautiful Creatures
I’ve always tended to over-analyse things. It’s just part of who I am. Songs are no exception. Lately I’ve been captured by the song “Beautiful Creatures” off of Bruce Cockburn’s latest CD. It’s a slow haunting piece with a lot of space and full of beautiful imagery – and as always gobs of passion. “theContinueContinue reading “Beautiful Creatures”
Avoiding Rocket Science – slide 1
Funny things happen when you go back to work after being on leave for a week. I returned this morning to a colleague presenting me with a mystery. Turns out one of the public computers was acting up….nothing new, they always get a bashing. However this time things typed by staff on a computer, aboutContinueContinue reading “Avoiding Rocket Science – slide 1”
occupational therapy lecture
Just like last year, I gave my lecture about my life with disability and the things I’ve learnt along the way to a class of OT students at UNISA a couple weeks ago. Another big group and two hours trying talk loud as I could meant I was buggered aftewards but very fulfilled. I changedContinueContinue reading “occupational therapy lecture”
When work is no longer meaningful
Hugh wrote something the other day that stopped me in my tracks. The reason being is it hits pretty close to the bone on a bit of what I’ve been feeling in the fallout. Meaningful Work or Death. Any other form of existence doesn’t interest me. Thanks Be To God. What happens when work noContinueContinue reading “When work is no longer meaningful”
Me in Machinima…
The other week in Second Life (SL) there was a Creative Commons / Popular Science run event with different artists singing. One was Jonathan Coulton, from Flickr movie and Thing A Week fame. Mike and I atended the packed out event and Mike snapped a mov of me waving my Concert Beacon around. Pity theContinueContinue reading “Me in Machinima…”
Lifekludger caught on video
I don’t believe it. Mike has unearthed a video online over at googlevideo of him and I presenting at the Connecting Up conference earlier this year. I knew these things would be used for unsavoury purposes, but never dreamt it would be this shocking! What you don’t see here is the expert lifekludging done onContinueContinue reading “Lifekludger caught on video”
Down and out in paradise
Being the IT guy, at work I’m usually kept in the back corner office beavering away keeping the electrons zooming for the rest of the plebs sitting at the ends of the 10Base100. Meanwhile I know we have many any varied public come off the streets and into our building to use our free publicContinueContinue reading “Down and out in paradise”
Lifekludging a breakdown – Second Life as Therapy
Some readers might’ve wondered where the Lifekludger crash and burnt to. Well, here’s a post from my personal blog that tells it all … and how I’ve been using Second Life to kludge my breakdown Dave Between a Laugh and a Tear Well it would seem I’m slowing climbing out from whatever rock it wasContinueContinue reading “Lifekludging a breakdown – Second Life as Therapy”
Happy Anniversary to me
19 September 1981, 25 years. I survived a quarter century. I’m pleased.
Between a laugh and a tear
Well it would seem I’m slowing climbing out from whatever rock it was that landed on me. For those not in the know, I had what the Doctor termed an ’emotional breakdown’ and what I termed ‘falling apart’ about 6 weeks ago. I ended up in hospital for chest pain and stayed there a fewContinueContinue reading “Between a laugh and a tear”
Hospital Haiku
While in hospital for a few days I’ve decided to write some Haiku. Nurse Heiki is to blame! So the first is inspired by her: Haiku Not Heiki nurse is dangerous who without a heart indulged does pretend to care This was inspired by the mobile phone doing the data connection being flat: No PowerContinueContinue reading “Hospital Haiku”
Life Short Call Now
Bruce has a new album out…Life Short Call Now…can’t wait to hear it. Got no city, got no land Got no lover, got no wife How many ways to say goodbye Can one man fit in a nomad life? Life short-call now”
Lifekludging Innovation
There I was, feeling very uninspired reading through my blog feeds and JP went and shook me with another gem, this time about innovation. The technique was the innovation. As a consumer I could apply that technique to whatever I felt like, and creativity could flow. Innovation happens when the consumer applies an innovative techniqueContinueContinue reading “Lifekludging Innovation”
Death brings new life to supply
Doc says: III. Advertising is going to die. PR is already dead. Advertising has a problem. It’s not efficient. …………. But it’s still waste. The day will come when something new will connect demand and supply directly and efficiently. (Maybe Google will do that too… who knows?). Then advertising as we know it will beContinueContinue reading “Death brings new life to supply”
Lifekludger Haystack
In a previous post I mentioned I’d looked at the Haystack idea Chris Carfi is developing. I created a haystack for Lifekludger and now have put a Link from the sidebar of the Lifekludger blog page. This will enable you to add yourself to the Lifekludger Haystack. By doing so you you become a ‘Needle’ContinueContinue reading “Lifekludger Haystack”
We are Human beings not human doings
JP has some thoughts about humans multitasking which came out of something Edward Hallowell said in an article about what Mr Hallowell terms ‘Attention Deficit Trait’. Quoting the bit that sparked this from an article from the The Economist (not the interview article linked above): ……. “Mr Hallowell says that people who work in physicalContinueContinue reading “We are Human beings not human doings”
