November 30, 2006 – 9:09 am
[cheesedip] Wikipedia Brown and the Case of the Captured Koala - kids book of the future.
November 28, 2006 – 12:51 pm
When you reading about history, and someone mentions a particular amount of money, how can you understand what that amount means?
Mark Bernstein writes about Price and History, suggesting that an amount of money in one historical period can’t just be scaled by inflation to make sense of it in another era - there are other [...]
November 28, 2006 – 8:34 am
Vann’s café, cremorne point
Danes coffee. A little on the pricey side, as is typical for the northern suburbs, but the large coffee at $4 is truly a large coffee… More so than you would get in north sydney.
The café is open plan, has some street frontage, and an I.nterior [...]
November 27, 2006 – 11:54 am
The bargain queen has some amusing advice on crazy christmas shopping. I think I’ve done all of these at some point.
November 26, 2006 – 8:35 pm
Movie: Catch a Fire
Tim Robbins is the drawcard for this bio-pic of a South African freedom fighter. The main problem I saw with it was that it didn’t make apartheid seem like such a bad thing: more of a rallying point for the African people than a system of oppresion.
Sure, at the start of [...]
November 25, 2006 – 9:09 pm
Two exams down, and I’ve finished college for the year. It’s been a worthwhile experience over all. I don’t think it’s for everyone: the sheer academia of it would be a turn-off to some people: not everyone wants to study at all, let alone study something that has very little chance of increasing your ability [...]
November 24, 2006 – 9:40 am
Old faithful
Healthy vietnamese food from a favourite venue in Burwood.
It seems that the call of more strict budgeting might make this a less frequent treat.
November 24, 2006 – 9:40 am
2 park espresso - Citigroup building, sydney
Espresso di manfredi coffee. Fast, efficient, and looking like they go through a lot of milk; there are comfortable armchairs for drinking coffee, and a small range of breakfast and lunch options.
Coffee is good; hot, yet drinkable, thick, but not too thick. A [...]
November 23, 2006 – 6:04 am
[markb] kuler - adobe labs (free) web-based colour scheme tool. Unusually for such a tool, it’s fun to use.
November 22, 2006 – 7:42 am
Bacio, qvb, sydney
Bacio coffee. At qvb prices, you would expect table service, but this café is order-and-pay-at-counter. Somehow, we convince the waitress to take our order, but the regular customers seem to have accepted this rule.
Good range of breakfast choices, seating is in the middle of the queen victoria [...]
November 22, 2006 – 7:42 am
Citicafe, victoria galleries, sydney
Grinders coffee. This little outpost adjoins the entrance to the citigroup centre, and is buzzing with upbeat music and activity. This is another old haunt of mine, although the coffee has changed since then.
Lots of staff, mostly takeaway customers, although there’s seating to be had in [...]
November 21, 2006 – 12:59 pm
Georgie bread
Somewhere between the over-processed gingerbread that houses are built out of, and the home made gingerbread man that childhood memories are made of is this menu offering at george gregan café in north sydney.
November 21, 2006 – 11:36 am
Kel was right, the Bravia Paint Explosions Ad was filmed live action, not with effects.
November 21, 2006 – 11:33 am
The modern rules of advertising?
November 21, 2006 – 8:32 am
[kottke] A different kind of video game violence - Violence mars PlayStation 3 launch… all for something that will be sold for $20 at a garage sale years from now.
November 20, 2006 – 8:28 pm
Our God will supply us with those choice graces and consolations which shall strengthen us to glorify his name even in the fires. He will either make the burden lighter, or the back stronger; he will diminish the need, or increase the supply.
November 20, 2006 – 4:18 pm
Blackwattle deli, sydney fish markets, pyrmont
Toby’s estate coffee. The fish markets are a haven for foodies, and this deli with seating for 15-20 is where they can buy their non-foodie treats. Staff are friendly, though living in fear of the tidal rush of busyness that is endemic to the [...]
November 20, 2006 – 6:58 am
One of my favourite quotes from the old series of NRMA radio ads involved the premise that one character had stopped his car at a set of traffic lights and was talking to the driver of another car, even though the light had turned green. The angry motorists behind start to heckle, and one yells [...]
November 20, 2006 – 6:51 am
Oven, cremorne point
Paul bassett coffee. 89 Parraween Street, Cremorne. A really unusual space, mostly wood, with a circular skylight in the middle. Crema milk is on offer, and there are a range of sandwiches and sweets for sale too.
A friendly, efficient barista is at work behind the counter, and [...]
November 16, 2006 – 5:33 am
Uncle Mark’s 2007 Gift Guide & Almanac is out.