October 18, 2007 – 4:47 pm
Living it and Writing it - reflections on a coffee-hater’s time working at Starbucks (as the coffee expert).
October 18, 2007 – 4:47 pm
The sad, wonderful, complicated life of Charles M. Schulz (Snoopy / Peanuts)
October 18, 2007 – 4:12 pm
short black espresso bar, penshurst
Schibello coffee. In a suburb that has a dearth of cafes, short black has managed to pick up a few business awards. Simple, muted colours, a glossy wooden floor, wooden chairs indoors for around 30, and plastic and metal outdoor seating for another 16. There’s [...]
October 18, 2007 – 3:35 pm
John Chrysostom (Christian preacher; 347-407AD): “My work is like that of a man who is trying to clean a piece of ground into which a muddy stream is constantly flowing.”
October 18, 2007 – 7:11 am
Thoughts on becoming a writer; including a reminder that actually writing is one of the key things: it’s easy to get lost in reading about writing, and never get started!
October 16, 2007 – 3:05 pm
YSlow for Firebug - a free plugin for firefox that can help web developers identify what is slowing down their pages.
October 15, 2007 – 3:43 pm
how to clean a mac keyboard
October 13, 2007 – 5:58 pm
Screencast of SQL on Rails - this parody will make sense if you’re familiar with the hype surrounding Ruby on Rails.
October 13, 2007 – 5:58 pm
How to disarm 10 difficult client observations/requests - some good wording to have here at your fingertips when someone wants to change your design for a shallow reason.
October 13, 2007 – 7:27 am
100 (Legal) Sources for Free Stock Images (photos you can use for free)
October 13, 2007 – 7:24 am
How Creativity Is Killing the Culture - a well-written rant that asks “is creativity as important as we’ve been led to believe?”
October 13, 2007 – 7:22 am
If you’ve ever wondered “how does the internet work?”, here’s a piece you might not have encountered: Autonomous system - a big group of computers that handle their own networking, and then talk to other Autonomous Systems (each has their own AS Number) to make the internet work.
October 12, 2007 – 7:29 am
[ben] exploits of a mom - unfortunately, you’ll need to know some SQL syntax to appreciate this comic.
October 9, 2007 – 5:39 pm
[43 Folders] How to outsource your life
October 9, 2007 – 12:34 pm
Young alfred, circular quay
Coffee roaster coffee. A café normally shrouded in the hallowed walls of customs house has left the building, and brought a sizeable footprint out to meet the people. A select group of tasty-looking quiches and pastries are on show, sheltered from the sun and any insects [...]
October 8, 2007 – 8:20 pm
DVD: Arrested Development
A number of people have told me that I’d enjoy Arrested Development, and over the past few weeks, the opportunity to watch it on DVD has come up. Sure enough, this kind of densely packed, fast-moving comedy was sure to fail in the US: it’s just too fast moving to fit the usual [...]
October 8, 2007 – 8:12 pm
Book: After The Apostles
If you’re trying to get up to speed on Early Church History (the first few hundred years AD), then this book might help. Its only trouble is that in trying to condense everything together into such a small space (121 pages), a lot of detail, and at times, the flow of ideas, [...]
October 8, 2007 – 11:18 am
Café manhattan, york st sydney
Piazza d’oro coffee. Apart from the 1920’s font on the signage, there’s little to draw attention to this place. The seating - indoor and outdoor - is fairly spacious; table service is an option, but it seems that the takeaway crowd account for most of its [...]
October 6, 2007 – 10:06 pm
Origin of the phrase: I like the cut of your jib.