Beyond the Rhetoric

The beginning of the year means different things to different people. Some see it as a fresh start, trying new things and breaking new ground. It might mean the aftermath of all that holiday binge eating (and binge spending). For those in the technology industry, though, January has always meant the same thing: the arrival [...]

Yes, I realize that the holiday season has come and gone, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t still enjoy a little bit of festive cheer. Following my New Year’s Eve dinner at Pear Tree Restaurant, we made our way over to the Bright Nights in Stanley Park. Yes, we went to look at Christmas [...]

Yes, I usually do a speedlink every Wednesday, but I haven’t had all that much time to keep up with the blogosphere while traveling through Australia. The regular link love should resume next week. In the meantime, I thought you might be interested in where I’ve been staying. We did a fair bit of comparison [...]

Largely because of its relative isolation from the rest of the world, the Outback of Australia is home to many species of animals that cannot be found anywhere else. The semi-arid regions of the Northern Territory offer what may appear to be a vast nothingness, but there is indeed plenty of fauna and flora to [...]

For better or for worse, I have a really hard time disconnecting from the matrix. The Internet is at once the source of my livelihood and a major component to my daily lifestyle. And so, before heading across the Pacific Ocean to Australia, I did a little bit of research about getting a prepaid plan [...]