Lifetime Postal Address

February 16, 2010
Lifetime Postal Address

I would like a Lifetime Postal Address (LPA) that I could give to the 50+ organisations that send me items in the post. I would be happy to pay Australia Post $100 per year for the opportunity to never have to change my postal address – ever. Given the mobility of the Australian popupation,...
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Working Commute by Rail

February 15, 2010

I visited Thirlmere yesterday – the centre of Steam Engines in NSW. I didn’t get to ride on any of the engines, but did meet half a dozen people who commute daily to the Sydney CBD to work. This is a...
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Use less fuel in city driving

December 9, 2009

Given that expecting motorists to manually start and stop their cars at traffic lights is impractical and unlikely to be widely adopted … How can we stop our cars burning petrol while waiting for a traffic light to go green crawling in city traffic at less...
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CSS Properties (on one page)

July 12, 2009

Check out this persuasive demonstration of CSS properties using the (On on Page) information design pattern:  CSS Sandbox
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SPARQL on one page

July 11, 2009

Check out this very informative page using the (On on Page) information design pattern:  SPARQL FAQ
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The Lightbox Clones Matrix (On One Page)

July 4, 2009

Ozh has created a Lightbox Clones Matrix selection tool that exemplifies many of the qualities of the (On One Page) design pattern.
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(On One Page)

June 26, 2009

Announcing (On One Page)(On One Page) – is an information design pattern aimed at assisting people to master best practice guidelines, policies, procedures and bodies of knowledge.  I have...
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Opera Unite and Tier Agnostic Computing

June 16, 2009

Opera has just released Opera Unite web server in the browser technology. Here is analysis by Mashable. Opera Unite is an enabling technology for tier agnostic Request Based Distributed...
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Collatz Conjecture and Ambi

April 29, 2009

Here is the Ambi code to calculate the Collatz sequence including a demonstration for the largish number 99,999,999.  To run this code simply copy and paste it into the...
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Do Not Repeat Yourself

April 28, 2009

Django has won me over. But it can be improved! Delivering web applications using django is a sublime experience – its core ‘do not repeat yourself’ philosophy and the built...
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Academic Research – searching from your reference list

February 8, 2009
Academic Research – searching from your reference list

If you (like me) find chasing down references for academic assignments to be a challenge then you may be interested in this. My use-case is the exploring stage where...
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Academic Writing experiences with Google Scholar

February 6, 2009

I have been writing a paper on internal marketing and marketing orientation and hitting Google Scholar and a trial subscription to Refworks pretty hard. I have a few of use-cases...
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Ambi – streamlined – loses SEQ operator

January 29, 2009

Ambi is proving to be a great extensible RPN calculator. Applying the ‘zen’ of RPN to programming fun! Enjoy the new release of Ambi. This week I have discovered that the...
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Ambi is now a RPN inspired programming language

January 25, 2009

Exactly how to generalise RPN calculation style into a programming language is a question that has fascinated me recently.  I am pleased to report that there now exists a...
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Converting SAT scores to ATAR

January 15, 2009

2009-Jan-20 Australian students abroad rejoice! All Australian universities have agreed together to follow the recommendations of my report and more fairly convert SAT scores into the Australian UAI! Did you...
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Privatisation ‘raised death rate’?

January 15, 2009

The conclusion of the study published in Lancet is really Rapid Social Change ‘raised death rate’.  The BBC headline’s focus on ‘privatisation’ is quite catchy though – esp. in...
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Ambi Calculator and Programming Language

January 12, 2009

I have created Ambi Calculator and Programming Language as a result of investigation about the possibility of a Reverse Polish Notation Language. Ambi operates in both Reverse Polish Notation and...
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Myers-Briggs analysis based on your writing …

January 8, 2009

Typealyzer correctly analysed this blog and nailed me as an INTJ.  Great work.  Try it out!
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