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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. I have some more information and a list of publications available (pop-up window).
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Sun, 02 Apr 2006 [Australian eastern time]
Hidden Braille Messages on the National Museum of Australia building
Miranda Devine has written a column in the Sydney Morning Herald which describes how the architect of the National Museum of Australia, which was opened in 2001, wanted to achieve a subversive "one in the eye for John Howard [Australia's Prime Minister]". To this end, the building had Braille writing built into the crazy modern design of its exterior. The messages only remained for 10 days, and were then obscured or changed by management. Some examples quoted from the article:
Unfortunately, the Sydney Morning Herald link may require a free registration. Lhiannee has a post that links to several online April Fool's Day pranks, including the article I mentioned previously about China buying Google. I like the April Fool's Google Romance! |