Have I made you angry with the title of my blog? Are you frustrated at the critics of a movement that just wants to save the kids? Are you trying to search through media reports to confirm what the truth is and what it isn’t? That’s my point. 48hrs ago I had no idea who…
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I’m NOT an Australian.
I’m officially NOT an Australian. I have a New Zealand passport and I’m entitled to a British one too. As I sit here in my Brisbane home on Australia Day, I’m officially a ‘Resident on a Special Category Visa’. That’s Aussie legal talk for ‘Kiwi’. To my homeland, I’m a ‘Non-resident’. There is a stereotype…
Help Christchurch from your kitchen – become part of Baked Relief
To my friends in Christchurch, my colleagues, my school mates, I need to tell you about a great concept that will help the people of this great city to recover. In Brisbane’s recent floods, Danielle Crismani realised that homemade food would warm people’s hearts. She didn’t realise that as well as the joy of the…
My thoughts on the Mud Army
The Mud Army was a term being used by the media to descibe the volunteers that helped thousands of Brisbane residents prepare for and recover from the flooding from the Brisbane River (after the Toowoomba flash floods Mon 10 Jan 2011). Like mud, the name just stuck. I had the privilege of being part of…
HP recalls some Australian laptop batteries
HP is recalling more than 3,000 rechargeable battery packs used in laptop computers due to a potential fire hazard. The voluntary recall comes after the company received reports that a fault in the lithium-ion battery pack could cause it to overheat. HP Australia estimates 3,405 potentially affected battery packs have been sold in Australia. There…
MYOB pictures on email & pdf forms
OK, let’s ignore how long it’s been since my last post and just rejoice that due to my great filing system I managed to find my wordpress login details 🙂 Strangest thing in MYOB accounting software – customise a form and insert your own picture/graphic (eg company logo), use the ‘Send to email’ or ‘Send to…