Part IV - Diversions
When you’re writing your thesis, you’re going to hit the wall - you will, there’s no escaping it. When that happens, sitting in front of your computer will only get you so far. Sometimes you have to just go to the forest, set up your camera with a remote flash, go into [...]
Wind is, of course, good for kiteboarding.
Here’s Karin - kicking some ass!
Townsville has been VERY windy recently. The BOM details for the month tell the story in numbers. This afternoon, in particular, was killer - the gusts must have been over 40km/h!* It’s alright if you’re a fat guy in a V8 holden motoring along Ross River Rd into a headwind like that, you just move [...]
There’s not a great deal to report. It’s that time of year when people start to get very busy and rather ansty (luckily I’m very mild-mannered so I don’t suffer this fate). I’ve been busy writing my thesis during 14-odd hour days - ‘oh, the humanity!’.
I’ve also been scoping out the job market. At [...]
Zoe and I spent the weekend laying around, watching DVDs, chillin’, drinking coffee, eating schnitzels and buying a new camera. To date we’ve been using my D50, which is a great piece of ‘kit’, but hopeless for point-and-shoot situations when you don’t want to be carrying 2kg of camera and lenses in a separate [...]