Pair Gain Victims - Senator Kate Lundy's website
Anyone who has a similar problem with pair gain should let Senator Lundy know, her website is at www.katelundy.com.au where she says:
senator.lundy@aph.gov.au
ideas
5 Patterns of Extraordinary Careers: some interesting ideas for the ambitious person
Found this site in my wanderings the other day when I was supposed to be studying for an exam. It is based on a book called
by James M. Citrin and Richard A. Smith and more info can be found at www.5patterns.com.
The basic premise of this book
More on getting ADSL in Sydney - evil Telstra still trying to stop me
The next installment in my continued quest to obtain late 20th century broadband access in the 21st century ...
Phoned Telstra and was advised "you have pair gain there is nothing that can be done". They essentially told me to go away and stop bothering them.
Wrote email to
MBA - still value for money?
The other day a friend who has just completed an MBA from a prestigious university was disconsolate to read an article by Tim Dodd in the
Australian Financial Review
(AFR, 17 May 2004) titled "MBAs are losing their cachet".
Dodd argued that employers prefer people whose postgraduate studies
3rd world telecommunications in Australia
It is very annoying to live in an allegedly civilized and technically advanced society only to find out that one is unable to get access to broadband services since the phone lines here are pair gain.
I live in a major city in Australia, just one of the outer suburbs
Australian software awards 2004
Was on a judging panel for the Australian Consensus Software Awards yesterday. It is fascinating how much really good software is out there, innovative and clever stuff. The winners are not announced for a few weeks - but info will be on the Consensus site fairly soon.
It is also interesting
Good quote about self esteem and talent
Found a great quote about self esteem yesterday:
"Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant." (J. Petit-Senn, Conceits and Caprices)
This seems to encapsulate my feelings about the current obsession with building up self esteem even in the face of indubitable evidence as the