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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Last year was a good year for apples
Completely by accident, while looking through Technorati, I found an article which suggests the apples we buy in supermarkets can be up to a year old, due to the processes used to extend their life after picking!
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The United States is apparently cracking down on Australians who want to import Vegemite! It seems that the folate content in Vegemite violates US standards, and Australian expatriates in the US will lose part of their identity as a result!
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Salaries of fictitious TV characters
AOL's Salary Center has compiled a list of the salaries which popular TV characters would earn. Would you pay Homer Simpson US$67,422?
(Via Best Week Ever)
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The Sydney Morning Herald has reported concern that the Tower of London should be placed on UNESCO's Heritage in Danger list.
When I read it, the article was not what I expected. The threat to the Tower comes not from millions of tourists and tacky souvenirs, but from the development of the city around the Tower, which is overshadowing the site with skyscrapers and modern buildings.
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I have disabled comments on this site due to comment spam. I have received around 4,000 spam comments in the last couple of weeks, and I have been spending more time checking them than writing content for the site!
I have experimented over a year or more with various methods of blocking spam for Blosxom. I may reinstate comments if I can find a method that works with my Blosxom installation, without too much effort to filter comments manually.
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