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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 short and the long of it

    Action required announced the email. Your flight times have changed! Clicking the link does nothing, so I phone the Jetstar call centre. The Philippino voice on the other end apologises for the time change. What’s to apologise for? We are now departing an hour later! And from the more exciting International terminal to boot. Except…

  • The lonely hotel

    A journey begins when you step outside the ordinary and into the extraordinary. Today marks the first steps on our tenth trip to Japan, my twentieth trip overseas. You would think that it would be all too familiar now but I want to feel as excited as I did on my first trip. So much…

  • Digital preparations

    You know what keeps me up late before trips? It’s not last minute booking, trying to stuff clothes in a suitcase or finishing last minute tasks for work. No, it’s all the digital preparation that needs to be done. It used to be a matter of ripping a few CD’s of music as mp3’s. Fortunately,…

  • Mercury’s falling in Canberra

    It’s time for another short trip to Canberra! I use the corporate travel system to book a Qantas flight down and a Virgin Australia flight for the return leg. Then I try to assign a seat on the Qantas website, but I get an error. The day before the flight I check in on the…

  • Night flight

    Every night I take our dog Kita out to do his business before he goes to bed. While I wait I watch the last few flights in and out of Sydney. They cruise overhead, mostly quietly, sometimes with a roar. Domestic flights, international flights out to Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Dubai, Tokyo. I’ve been on…

  • A modest proposal to improve pilot productivity

    In this competitive aviation environment we need  to ensure maximum productivity from all employees. As everyone* knows pilots generally have bugger all to do once they are up in the air. Instead of twiddling their thumbs and counting clouds why not get cruising pilots to answer the phones? With modern communications it is possible to answer a…

  • Transit stops

    I have an obsession with transit stops. Those rests in between legs of the outgoing or return journeys. Sometimes they are a race to explore a place before restarting the journey. Other times, the transit stop is an enforced rest, where you are limited to the accommodation and its surrounds. No great quests to find…

  • Another Qantas vs Virgin to Canberra

    I’ve really felt like flying lately, but these Sydney to Canberra runs are just too short to reach flying Nirvana. Still, it’s work paying for them so I can’t complain. We tried a sharing desktops and phone calls, but it’s hard to beat sitting together with an expert when learning a new system. I woke…

  • First time in Japan?

    Updated with new information! (January 2014) I’ve been asked a few times for suggestions for first time visits to Japan. It’s actually a reasonably inexpensive destination, especially considering the low cost fares now available from the region. Below is a suggested short itinerary to give you a taste of the country. It shouldn’t be considered…

  • Doctor Who in Melbourne

    The Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular was performed in Melbourne on Saturday the 4th of February and naturally I had to attend. The three of us flew down with Qantas on the Friday for a couple of nights stay in my favourite Australian city. Apart from the fantastic concert (review here), we also visited the Melbourne…