By andrew on April 16, 2010
Over the first half of 2009 I repeatedly demonstrated to myself that being a freelance Web handyman doing odd jobs is a sure route to poverty. It’s hard to find people who both want stuff done and are prepared to pay for it. Then, if they do pay, it might not actually be for six [...]
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By andrew on April 8, 2010
I have been unemployed several times over the last half dozen years, for months at a time. The Global Financial Crisis, employers “offshoring” the work of entire departments to India, timing and my work-life-balance needs have all contributed. I enjoy most aspects of not going to work in the city each day: I get to [...]
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By andrew on March 22, 2010
On 18 March 1910, Harry Houdini—yes, that Harry Houdini—made the first controlled, sustained, powered flight in Australia. He did it at Diggers Rest in Victoria, which is about a ten-minute drive from here. He flew a Voisin biplane. As part of the anniversary celebrations, there was to be a Centenary Air Show at nearby Melton [...]
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By andrew on March 9, 2010
Hello. Welcome to what must be at least the tenth incarnation of my site. It’s a little rough but it will evolve. After a long time of not writing any piece longer than 140 characters—albeit over 37,000 such pieces in 3 years—I find that I once more have the desire to write in the longer [...]
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