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Now that's what I call a Cat (well it's really a Liger) for Caturday!
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Christmas in Paris
I like Paris in winter - there are not too many tourists and the queues to get into museums and galleries are much shorter. Of course, in 2010 western Europe experienced snowpocalypse and many people suffered from cancelled transport and were forced to spend days trapped in airport terminals. Luckily I
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LOLcat Christmas greetings
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On this Christmas Eve in Paris
I contemplate the year past and the year to come and think on how I want my life to be. What do I want my life to stand for? Not clamour for power or wealth; not hunger for praise or admiration; not frenzied desire for new and thrilling experiences. What
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Flanders mud is pretty bad too
Recently I visited the site in Flanders where John McCrae wrote the famouns pomen In Flanders Fields. It is at the Essex Farm Aid Station only a few kilometres from Ieper (aka Ypres). I visited on a cold, muddy and miserable day. The concrete bunker where the medicos triaged the
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The Somme really does have sticky mud
I have taken some time out from business meetings in Europe to make something of a personal pilgrimage in the steps of my ANZAC ancestors. It has been a very moving and very sombre experience. To see the tiny spaces of land fought over in World War 1 that resulted
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hark it is Caturday
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Traveling around Northern France - following tracks of Australians in World War 1
Since I am traveling around there is not always the time or the internet access to blog as often as I would like. Instead I'm sharing links to resources that are guiding my journey via Pearltrees: http://cdn.pearltrees.com/s/embed/getApp
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People are still the best thing about LeWeb
Each year LeWeb conference evolves and improves on the last one, but one thing remains - the amazing diversity of people that you meet. And this is one of the reasons that, in spite of many criticisms that others level at this conference, I like to attend. Last night this was
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Crows and kittehs = mah favourites
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#c3t an Agreeable Swarm – Twitter , The Democratization of Media & Non-Localized Proximity
Here is the full text version of the paper I co-authored with Brian Ballsun-Stanton and presented at the 5th ICCIT: 2010 International Conference on Computer Sciences and Convergence Information Technology. #c3t an Agreeable Swarm - Twitter , The Democratization of Media & Non-Localized Proximity
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LeWeb 2010 Paris - day 1
The day started out rainy and grey, then turned snowy and grey and then ended with a cocktail reception in the Paris town hall. For the folks where were not jet lagged the party continued way into the night (but I was in bed early i.e. by 1.30am)