Remembering Nan
Today is my grandmother's birthday. She passed away many years ago, but in so many ways she is with me everyday.
Until I was quite grown up she did not have any other name for me than 'Nan'. But as I grew I learned that her
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Normandy and D Day
This month is the 65th anniversary of the D Day landings in France and on June 6th, as a kind of remembrance, I watched the film Overlord.
The film brought back memories of my visit to Normandy late last year. Walking over the ground where the landings happened was very
D Day 6th June and Overlord
Got up early this 6th June and went off to the Sydney Film Festival showing of Overlord.
This is a rarely seen film based on Operation Overlord, the code name for the Allied invasion of Normandy, which was launched on D-Day 6th June 1944.
It is a fascinating film,
Gilmore of the eponymous law
~ A few times now I've referred to Gilmore's Law and wanted to share a bit more about its author. John Gilmore is one of the true mavericks of the internet, and he is a self described entrepreneur and civil libertarian. His ideas are further out on
Palestinian question - an interesting insight
Just recently came across an old transcript of an interview with Martin van Creveld (one of my favourite military writers - he wrote good books on command in war and technology of war). He gives a really interesting perspective on the problems Israel is having in Gaza, strangely enough things have