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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Aliens prefer Firefox

Announced in The Register this week: an Oregon crop circle proves that aliens use Firefox as their preferred browser.

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Inspired by school experiments with sodium

I used to like school chemistry. I was quite good at it, but my enjoyment was also partly about the explosions and other excitement of the lab. Dropping a tiny sliver of sodium into water and watching it burn is one demonstration I remember well from when I was 12 years old at school.

I'm not the only one who remembers this demonstration. Theodore Gray has a series of photos and videos of his adventures creating really spectacular effects with sodium. His site recently rated a mention in the UK's Guardian newspaper, although Gray's photos and videos are not particularly new.

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