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Sysadmin, developer, web dude in a science research organisation. WordPress, Japan, planes, trains, Arduino, Raspberry Pi/Pico, puns, dad jokes, etc

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  • The first steps are the hardest (we hope)

    It was a dark and stormy night. No, really, it was. Not only was the prematurely blackened sky lit by the fireworks of lightning, there was thunder under our roof as well. Baby Alex wouldn’t settle. The start to our trip began poorly indeed. The morning itself was enjoyable, as we spent the morning up…

  • Baby’s first flight

    It was the best of flights, it was the worst of flights. After the drama of the day before we were glad that Alex slept through the remainder of the night, but it was oh too short. We rolled our luggage out of the hotel at 6am and along the road to the domestic airport…

  • Japanese aesthetics

    My Japanese tutor lent me a book Keys to the Japanese Heart and Soul (Kodansha, 1996) which explains various Japanese cultural concepts. One chapter was about Japanese aesthetics, something that I have grown to appreciate during our trips there. Concepts that I especially like include: Ma (間) – Negative space, a pause, silence, blank area…

  • It’s alive!

    I’m not trying ikizukuri while in Japan. It goes way beyond my dislike of sashimi! Nor am I going to try sannakji in Korea. No molluscs, okay?

  • Passports and visas

    We submitted the application for baby Alex’s first passport today. In his passport photo he is just about to cry! Hopefully that won’t represent him when he’s actually travelling. So far he’s been very good in cars, trains and walking. Even survived art galleries! B also had to submit an application for a visa to…

  • Why I wander, where we are

    I’ve realised what my problem is when it comes to planning trips around Japan. It’s railway lines. There are so many of them! Whenever I see a railway line I want to travel on it. The more minor the line, the better. I love going down a slow branch line that runs right behind the…

  • Baby’s first holiday – Japan

    Eight days after baby Alex was born I booked his first trip overseas – to Japan with Jetstar – for when he’s 4 months old. It was a cheap deal, I couldn’t help myself! I asked Alex today whether he wanted to fly on a jet. He vocalised “yeah”. Well, that’s what it sounded like…

  • The turbulence wuss flies to Canberra

    I was woken at 5:30 by the anguished cries of my 28 day old son, hungry for his morning feed. Two wet outfits later I had to call on my wife for help while I packed my bag. This was to be my first day back at work since my son’s birth, except that instead…

  • A short interruption to our scheduled program

    The captain would like to make an announcement that he is now that father of a baby boy, Alex. It’s a bit of a late announcement, but things are kind of busy here now. See my other blog for more information. I’ll stick to writing travel stuff here.

  • A Honeymoon in Paris

    This was the trip that changed everything, the trip by which all future overseas journeys were measured. After a couple of horrible flights during my second overseas holiday to Malaysia in early 2000, I doubted whether I really wanted to travel overseas again. However, B was adamant that she wanted a honeymoon overseas and how…