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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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  • Feelings for Japan

    It is only a week now until we depart for a week’s holiday in the Kansai district of Japan. I am currently part way through Pico Iyer’s The Lady and the Monk about the author’s year in Kyoto, one of the cities that we intend to visit on our trip. The Lady and the Monk…

  • airliners.net

    I finally got myself an account at airliners.net, an aviation freak website, and posted a few trip reports. QF And AO: SYD-CNS-KIX, NRT-SYD On 767’s (pics) Just A Day Trip: QF: SYD – CBR How Many Airlines? Adventures In China (pics) SYD-ICN-AMS: Asiana, KLM Y Class In 2004 (pics) I’ll be adding more later.

  • In sickness and in health

    I popped over to the campus medical centre this morning for a flu vaccination because I really don’t want to get sick for our upcoming holiday. There is a very nasty strain of influenza A going around at the moment and I hope that I haven’t left it too late. It’s no fun being sick…

  • Hotel television

    You’ve just returned to your hotel room after a tiring day wandering around a foreign land surrounded by signs and conversations that you struggle to understand. You enjoy the challenge of communication and the immersion in a foreign culture, but now that hotel room door is closed you just want to relax and think in…

  • Inflight entertainment

    I’m pretty excited about the new Qantas inflight entertainment systems that they will be installing on the Airbus A380 aircraft. On board internet access (I’ll have to try posting to this blog!), USB sockets, better games and 500 cd’s of music (hopefully some will be soundtracks) amongst the features. The one I’m most looking forward…

  • Japan, Sydney

    I felt very Japanese at the end of last week. On Thursday I dined at Japanese restaurants for both lunch and dinner, then a couple of Japanese ladies sat opposite us in the train on the East Hills line, a rare sight. Friday morning saw us preparing for our trip with a visit to the…

  • A quick trip to Canberra and back

    I’ve flown on so many planes this year, 11 so far with at least two more to go. They have ranged in size from the little Embraer ERJ-145 from Chengdu to Yichang to the big 747-400 between Tokyo to Hong Kong. Yesterday I added my first my first turboprop flight for the year to that…

  • The train to the airport

    Trying to cram that last item into the luggage, write that last email to your colleagues of instructions for doing your job while you are away, waiting for the last song to download on to your MP3 player, soaking up every last minute of the city you are in. It’s stressful stuff leaving your home,…

  • The next trip – Jetstar to Osaka

    In May I succumbed to the Jetstar “Fly a friend for $3 Third Birthday Sale” and purchased cheap tickets for B and I to Osaka, flying out on our anniversary. Unfortunately, her company wouldn’t let her take leave over that period, so I took advantage of another sale to rebook for September. Although I didn’t…

  • Welcome to the journey

    So I’m a travel addict. What gives it away? Is it the fact that the computer I’m writing this on is Japanese or that model trains from that same country run around my desk. Perhaps it’s the diecast airliners on the shelf above. The black and white poster of the bridges of Paris on the…