LeWeb 2010 Wrap up I rather suspect that some of the locals regard LeWeb as a kind of blowsy aunt who arrives in whirl, talks too loudly, drinks a bit too much, pinches their cheeks, and flies away again. That said, I think Le Web is now a great conference. It's got
Now that's what I call a Cat (well it's really a Liger) for Caturday! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykFaTA2Zy8g&w=440&h=390
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
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
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
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