Friday, February 27, 2009

Tasmania (Part IV)

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After we got off the track, we ate a quick lunch at Lake St. Clair and then drove to Strahan in the rain. We were definitely feeling sticky ...
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Review: The Talisman

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The Talisman ( kindle edition ) is a cross-world fantasy by Stephen King and Peter Straub. Cross-world fantasies are a genre in which a pro...
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Review: Daemon

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Folks at work were raving about Daemon ( kindle edition ) when it came out as a self-published novel. Well, a real publisher has picked it ...

The Overland Track (Tasmania Part 3)

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After a hefty breakfast, we were shuttled over to the Ronny Creek trailhead by the shuttle services at 10:00am. At the walker's registra...
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Tasmania (Part II)

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On the 18th of the morning, I woke up at Dawn, put everything that wasn't needed for the track in the car, and started the drive. It...

Tasmania (Part 1)

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We arrived at the Melbourne airport to discover that not only was the flight to Launceston not run by Qantas, but also we were for some reas...

Melbourne

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Melbourne We picked up our rental car and found ourselves driving on the freeway towards the city. There was a toll-way, but after our last ...
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Thursday, February 12, 2009

Review: JAG in Space novels

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Another eminently readable John G. Hemry science fiction series, this one is composed of four novels so far: A Just Determination , Burden o...
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Atherton

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Pardo 's friend Guy Carpenter greeted us onboard the Spirit of Freedom right at 7:15am, having told us via e-mail that if we tried to ta...
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Kindle 2 Launch

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As a Kindle advocate, I want the Kindle to succeed, but Kindle 2 shows the pernicious effect of Apple on the design of products in the indu...
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Monday, February 09, 2009

Review: Stark's War, Stark's Command, and Stark's Crusade

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For those who don't know, John G. Hemry is the same person who wrote all of the Lost Fleet series as Jack Campbell. This series, rather ...

Cairns

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We arrived on Wednesday and didn't even get into our transport shuttle before a deluge of tropical monsoon came down on us. Fortunately,...
Friday, February 06, 2009

Aboard the Spirit of Freedom

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Some of you might have heard about the case where a couple of Americans got separated from their dive boat yesterday in the Great Barrier Re...
Tuesday, February 03, 2009

Jenolan Caves and More

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We woke up early today to get an early start to get to the Jenolan caves. It took an hour to drive there, but what a trip! We got there just...
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The Blue Mountains

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February 2nd We got up and had breakfast at the hotel, then headed out to Echo point to begin a relatively short hike: The Giant's Stair...
Monday, February 02, 2009

Singh-Ray versus High-tech

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Nearly every serious nature photographer knows that in difficult lighting situations, the difference between a skilled photographer and an u...
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Sunday, February 01, 2009

Katoomba in the Blue Mountains

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We got up and again had breakfast in the room. After packing everything, we walked down to the train station and caught the Eastern Suburbs ...

Sydney III

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We woke up late and had breakfast in the hotel. Lisa was feeling a little tired after the activities of the night before, so we skipped the ...
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Saturday, January 31, 2009

The food of my youth

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Nasi Lemak, Char Kway Teow, Roti Canai, Roti Telur, Satay, Fried Banana dessert, Chee Chong Fun, Mee Pok, Curry Fish-head, Rojak, Durian, Ma...
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Friday, January 30, 2009

Sydney (Part II)

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After another breakfast at the Chinese place, we went to the Sydney Opera House for a tour. The mother of all cost over-runs, the place cost...
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