Archive for December, 2005

2005 - the year in review

Tuesday, December 27th, 2005

Santa was nice to me this year, as he should seeing as I’ve been such a good boy. ZoeSanta gave me a sweet Kathmandu tent for future adventuring, and YLMSanta gave me a 1G SD card for my camera (I can now take over 280 shots on the highest setting - I think I’m going [...]

Can’t stop progress.

Wednesday, December 21st, 2005

What is the deal with stupid developers? How do they get away with ridiculous development applications?
Here’s one I saw today. If you looked between the signs you could see a pair of Jabiru, with a juvenile too. Not to mention the 50-odd spoonbills using this little dam as habitat.

Kustom Complaint

Wednesday, December 14th, 2005

This is the letter I sent to Kustom Footwear in south-east Queensland this morning. In Townsville, we take thongs very seriously.
To Whom It May Concern:
RE: FAULTY KUSTOM SILVERADO (4951203A)
I recently purchased a pair of Brown Kustom Silverado Men’s Open-Toe shoes (4851203A) from a retailer in Cairns.
However, after about three months of normal wear the product [...]

Black Hole

Sunday, December 11th, 2005

What’s this? The blue hole is now black. A long dry season, combined with a massive tree falling into the pool, has totally changed this very special place. Check out this comparison.

 

Three things to think about.

Thursday, December 8th, 2005

1. How to reconcile God with climate change.
Encounter, on ABC Radio National, reported from the recent Catholic Earthcare Conference. It was a very interesting program, which you can listen to in Real Player here. It turns out that the question, “How should people of faith tackle the problems of climate change?” is actually quite a [...]