I'm an Australian, based in the Washington, DC, area of the United States. I spend a lot of time there with Jasmine, Australia's best-known speedsolver of the Rubik's Cube. Prior to the US, Jasmine and I were based in London, UK. We have also lived previously in the United States and Australia.

I have worked for an Australian business rules and compliance company since 1999 in Australia, the US and the UK. I have also lectured in IT and Law related topics at King's College, London, and at The Australian National University.

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Back in London

I'm now back in London after my whirlwind travels of the past few weeks, which included a conference in Amsterdam and a two-week business trip through several states of the United States, with a quick side-trip to Canada. I am writing this entry early on Monday morning, 4 July, in London, having slept what seems like almost all of the time since I got back to Heathrow on Saturday night.

One of my first experiences of London upon returning was the Live 8 concert in Hyde Park. Unfortunately, I didn't quite get into the spirit of the concert, for two reasons:

1. Jet lag and an urgent need to sleep. This was caused partly by the eight hours in time zones I had just crossed, partly by a busy few weeks, and partly by a toddler that kept screaming and kicking me on a red-eye connecting flight en route back to London.
2. The London Live 8 concert was held in Hyde Park. This did not help with my solution to problem (i), above, as Hyde Park borders a number of residential areas in London, including the one where I live.

Having said all that, I do think Live 8 was a good idea... and it was typical of my timing that I was out of London for all but the closing stages of the concert, and also for the tennis at Wimbledon, which was held very close to my London office. Jasmine tells me that there were 500,000 extra people in London over the weekend thanks to these events.

Stay tuned for further updates now that I'm no longer on the road and can put stuff on this site again!