Last Monday we drove up to the Grampians (also known by its aboriginal name – Gariwerd), which is a mountain range here in Victoria. It’s well known for its spectacular rock formations and views. On the first day the weather was quite clear. We went on a walk to ‘The Pinnacle’. It’s a 2-3 hour [...]
Rip2It Training On The Gold Coast
I was going to write this post about a week ago, but better late than never I guess. Rip2It held a 3 day training course on the Gold Coast from March 20 to 22 and yours truly was up there to assist with the technical side of Rip2It and provide some one-on-one assistance. I took [...]
Roll Your Own WordPress Themes
I’ve been watching this software application since it was an early beta. I gave it a try back then and though it had a few bugs, it really looked promising. It looks like they’ve ironed out most of the bugs now and Artisteer is looking like one of those ‘must have’ tools for developers and [...]
Is Obama The New Messiah?
That’s an awfully bad choice for the topic of this post but it kind of amused me . It was a very interesting election though. Being in Australia, we tend to take little interest in american politics but it seems like the whole world was watching this last one to see if you guys and [...]
Wondering About My Domain?
Having a common last name has its down sides. I’ve looked at various times for a good domain for my blog but all of the obvious garysmith.* domains have been taken for years. I was having another look recently and as usual domains like garysmith.com and garysmith.com.au were taken … garysmith.net was available for around [...]
Back From Sydney
I got back home yesterday. I had planned on writing a blog post or two while I was up there but unfortunately the ‘wireless broadband’ at the hotel was..well … wireless something, but definitely not broadband. In fact it was slower than dialup and I gave up after a couple of hours. Still, the hotel [...]
Kurt Nilsen
I was poking around You Tube recently, looking at some Australian Idol clips and came across some from World Idol from 2003. Kurt Nilsen from Norway won. What an amazing voice. Amongst the music clips are his version of ‘She’s So High’, U2′s ‘Beautiful Day’ and an interview in a taxi where he does a [...]
It's Off To Sydney We Go…
I’m heading up to Sydney tomorrow to help out with the Rip2It training. It was a real blast last time from the flight up to the flight back. I’m not much of a traveller so sitting in a big piece of metal and air fuel, about 12 kilometres above the earth is a real buzz! [...]