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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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  • 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…

  • A night by Botany Bay

    Realising that this would probably be the last anniversary for a long time that we could spend alone as a couple B and I stayed Sunday night in a hotel at Brighton Le Sands. The Novotel Brighton Beach has a pretty poor reputation amongst my work colleagues, but it was there that B and I…

  • Memorabilia & Memories

    Behind me, on the Japanese noren curtain, the petals of cherry blossoms gently drift to the ground. In front of me a model Narita Express runs past a Shinto temple. Diecast jet aircraft are poised in front of carp streamers to leap off the desk and across the ocean. Above me, posters for Le Chat…