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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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  • Fire and rain at Universal Studios Japan

    Every trip we do as a family these days seems to involve at least one amusement park. That’s what happens when you have kids I guess. One this trip Universal Studios in Osaka was our designated theme park. When we looked out the window this morning we had second thoughts. Wet and cold again. On…

  • Of misplaced jeans and model trains

    Who would have guessed that a misplaced shopping bag containing two pairs of jeans would cause so much trouble? We accidentally left the bag at the Mitsubishi Minatomirai Industrial Museum in Yokohama yesterday. Now Yokohama is only a short detour away from the Shinkansen line to Osaka, our destination for the day, so we thought…

  • Yokohama – from noodles to rockets

    Have you ever looked into a steaming bowl of instant noodles, made by the simple addition of boiling water and a sachet of flavouring, and wondered how it came to be? No, me neither, but today we were about to find out. Gazing out the window at the eighteenth floor of our hotel we could…

  • From Sydney to Shinjuku

    There is nothing else quite so delicious in travel as collapsing into the bed of your favourite hotel, gentle music playing, your loved ones by your side, after a long and exhausting overnight flight. Here we are again in Shinjuku, in our home away from home, for another adventure in Japan. Despite my practice, my…

  • Parramatta prelude

    Parramatta is an odd place to begin an international holiday. It is in the opposite direction to the airport from our house.  But it so happens that I had a hotel reward that was close to expiring, and with Kita already in a boarding kennel in preparation for our trip to Japan, today was the…

  • A whiter shade of fail

    A week after my flights to Melbourne and I am back in the air again. Not through choice mind you, but when the boss says “Come with me to a team meeting in Canberra” what am I to do? There’s one flight to Canberra that I’m interested in doing and that’s on a Qantas 717,…

  • Domestically International: Flying the Jetstar 787

    . Flights! Action Camera! Oh boy, this sucks. To the cabin wall, that is. My first real chance to play with my new toy and my first flights on a Dreamliner. I have a purpose. In a few weeks time I should be flying off to Japan. I don’t want to be a misery guts…

  • The Night Train

    A couple of times, when I was a young boy of around six or seven, we caught the red and silver overnight Overland train from Melbourne to Adelaide to visit my grandparents. The family would have a compartment to ourselves, a couple of bunk beds, a tiny shower and toilet. Once I brought my first…

  • Staying soba in Omoide Yokocho

    At night Shinjuku is a landscape of neon canyons where huge screens turn the streets into a giant living room while crowds fill the streets below. It is as a futuristic place as you will find anywhere on this planet. It is home to some of Tokyo’s tallest buildings and largest department stores, sleazy noisy…

  • In plane sight

    From the window of my office I can watch the aircraft on final descent southwards into Sydney Airport. Our building lies directly under the flight path and I am in the box seat. How many times have I been on one of those flights looking down upon my office? I have lost count. My home…