I was planning to cycle through here in April, but that doesn’t look like a good idea now and that puts paid to a large stretch of my current route for the north coast trip. It looks like I’m going to have to ride up via the Pacific Highway in parts 🙁 Embedded Link Walcha water woes – less than… Read more →
I’ve been trying to organise reverse DNS for IPv6 addressing through one of the commercial DNS providers (DynDNS), and it’s been an interesting experience. For a start, all of the documentation only mentions IPv4, and generally assumes that you will only be creating single records mapping addresses back to names, rather than handling large ranges of addresses. Our ISP handles… Read more →
some video from my commute this afternoon – Sydney Harbour is so nice on a summer’s afternoon? Google+: View post on Google+
We still haven’t made the $1,200 mark I’d hoped for, but my brother and I have raised more than previous years and we’re very grateful for the support. As people say in the video, it’s a fun day out, as well as something that supports a worthy cause, and any cyclists out there should consider riding it as a nice… Read more →
First, a big thank you to all who have already donated – it’s very much appreciated. As you may be aware, my brother and I rode the MS Sydney to Wollongong Ride on November 3 – roughly 90km – in support of the MS Society. Funds raised help provide care for sufferers of this debilitating disease and go towards searching… Read more →
There's been a bit of news recently about how big a failure the attempt to move Australian medical records online has been, but I have to say that I'd trust a government institution much more than any private company. Today, at the pharmacy, I was handed a leaflet for a company that has smartphone apps to scan barcodes on prescriptions… Read more →
The 2013 Gong Ride has finished. Danya and I lined up with the rest of the 10,000 on Sunday morning at about 7am and we got to Wollongong at around 1pm. That was actually just over 4 hours of riding with time for lunch etc. added in. It took half an hour for the bunch at Sydney Park to start,… Read more →
Endomondo is a sports tracking website – one of three I upload cycling data to. It advertises synchronisation of data in both directions with FitBit – a general fitness tracking website (I have a Flex) – although that’s always been flakey. Lately I’ve been having a specific problem in that area and talking with Endomondo support about it. It appears… Read more →
As with previous years, I’m raising money to support research into curing multiple sclerosis and providing palliative care for those suffering this debilitating disease. You can donate to me at the following URL or give me cash money if you meet me in person. I’m getting close to my $400 fundraising target and would like to raise that much, if… Read more →
This article, with the great video by +David Hembrow , makes me extremely jealous. Stuff moving to Byron Bay… I want my company to move to Holland 🙂 Embedded Link A Tour of a Whole Country That Has ‘Transformed Itself for Cycling’ How the Netherlands is treating new residential developments in smaller cities and suburbs. Google+: View post on Google+
+danah boyd wrote this very good article about teens using social media as a cry for help and getting ignored. Sometimes people (and presumably not only teens) don’t have the ability to reach out in person for the help they need and therefore reach out online in ways that might bypass the abuser, or find help from someone who has… Read more →
I love the mention of emotionally regressed men who believe in dragons and superheroes but find it unimaginable that a women could know anything about comics. Embedded Link Dad Of Two Geek Girls Talks Superheroes, Disney Princesses, And Barbie Proud Dad Of Two Geek Girls Talks Superheroes, Disney Princesses, And Barbie Google+: View post on Google+
Read anything! Read everything! Don’t tell people (ie. children) that some books are good and some are bad. Encourage them to read everything they can get their hands on and don’t force them to like what you like. Once again Neil Gaiman makes perfect sense, and tells us why books and libraries are what make us better people… Embedded Link… Read more →
A politician could never be this honest and keep the job 🙂 Embedded Link Crikey exit interviews: Steve Gibbons on Rudd, the gallery and vintage cars – In the first of Crikey’s series of exit interviews of departing members of Parliament, the former Labor member for Bendigo Steve “Gibbo” Gibbons lets fly with a full and frank assessment of his… Read more →
This is a very good video on how to clean your bike – it's good to watch the professionals make such short work of it. Embedded Link How to clean your bike | Google+: View post on Google+
The 2013 Sydney to Wollongong ride will take place on Sunday November 3. As usual I will be riding the full 90km, along with my brother, and we will be raising money to support research into Multiple Sclerosis and to provide care for sufferers of the disease. If you can help, please donate at http://register.gongride.org.au/2013-Sydney-to-Gong-Bike-Ride/wamble Thanks in advance for all donations…. Read more →
I wonder how many cars I pass on the way to work? Nowhere near 589 since I tend to ride along less busy roads (at least in the morning) and along shared bike/walking paths. There is the one section around Leichhardt and along West Street that gets quite busy after 5, but I'd estimate that I only pass around 20… Read more →
This is why I make sure I only buy ebooks that are DRM free or which I can remove the DRM from. If you buy a book, you should own it, no matter where you then travel, let alone where you move to. Google+: View post on Google+
Even with the revelation today that Stuart O’Grady took EPO in 1998 before the Tour De France, I have to say that I’m sad to see him leave professional cycling. He was one of the few Australian cyclists in the European peleton when I was rediscovering cycling. It was an inspiration watching him and Neil Stephens mix it up in… Read more →
New York isn’t mandating helmets due to the practicalities of enforcement, and there haven’t been any serious injuries. Still, the article takes pains to point out that, of all cycling fatalities in the US between 1996 and 2005, 97% coincided with the rider not wearing a helmet – a meaningless statistic on its own 🙂 A large part of the… Read more →
