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Saturday, October 21, 2023
A fun movie that doesnβt take itself seriously and works as a result.
Saturday, October 21, 2023
A fun movie that doesnβt take itself seriously and works as a result.
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
A fun, heartwarming movie that is a good reminder that sport should be fun.
Monday, October 16, 2023
Molasses moves faster than the plot of this movie. Bad in so, so many ways.
Wednesday, September 27, 2023 β
End of month YNAB life. π
Tuesday, September 26, 2023
I really wanted to watch Cannonball Run! but I got this instead. The 1970s were a simpler time.
Sunday, September 24, 2023
Depressing; alarming.
This is an emergency.
Monday, September 18, 2023
A shell script for blank calendars - All this:
I wanted a script to help me print out blank monthly calendars.
Oh Dr. Drang, where have you and this script been my whole life?
The steps I have gone to to get blank calendars in the past. Now I can simply run your script.
Thank you!
Sunday, September 17, 2023
Some nice moments but this film felt like it ran for 4 hours.
Saturday, September 16, 2023 β
Love this end frame quote from Young Sheldon. If this doesnβt describe Trump Iβm not sure what does.
Saturday, September 2, 2023
Just love the animation style. So impressive.
βFrugality, quite simply, is about choosing the things you love enough to spend extravagantly onβand then cutting costs mercilessly on the things you donβt love.β
β Ramit Sethi
Thursday, August 3, 2023
This article was originally written for the September 2022 edition of Hemispheric News, delivered as part of the Hemispheric Views podcast member bonus program, One Prime Plus.
Beck Tench is a person whom I follow online. Beck has produced a range of content pertinent to her areas of interest as an academic. One of the topics Beck has written about includes the power of rest and what makes a restorative environment. I’ve always found this interesting. I’m not an academic but I do have a brain that grabs onto new and interesting thoughts, philosophies and approaches.
Rest by definition is restorative. If the body and soul are not being restored in a period of rest - then what is the point? But in this modern world, what is rest?
I think mental rest is almost more important than physical rest for many of us. That is not to diminish physical rest - especially hours of sleep - but many of us as modern knowledge workers are not destroying our bides daily in the way the majority of the workforce once did.
We are, however, pressing our minds so much more, whether that be through higher-level thinking or information absorption. How many RSS feeds, podcasts, news articles, and social networks do you imbibe daily?
The point is, we need to give our brains a break. We need a chance to restore.
Recently I enjoyed a week away in Exmouth - a remote town of Western Australia. Exmouth has bad internet. You may have surmised this when I called into Episode 064: Nested Jackets. On this holiday I was able to step away from the daily hosepipe of information. I allowed my mind a rest from the the thoughts of others and gave it a chance to focus on the here and now, and my own thoughts.
In addition, I gave my body more activity and motion than it usually gets - but an amount that is more healthy than what I typically achieve. This may seem opposed to my thoughts about rest. But what it meant was that I went to bed hours earlier than usual and got more sleep each night.
This additional rest was restorative.
Another element of Beck Tench’s thesis (as best I can tell) is that water is restorative. I experienced this to be true on my holiday. Between pool swims, ocean splashing and reef snorkelling seeing coral fish and turtles, being in and around water was restorative.
What am I trying to say through this essay? Apart from corroborating what I’ve noticed Tench write about, it is an exhortation to myself to not lose touch of the value of stepping away; and to you, to encourage you to take a rest yourself.
Friday, July 7, 2023
Today I completed my first week at my new job. It’s been a whirlwind, but every day has been better than the previous one.
It’s been so many years since I started a new job that I wasn’t match fit in the process. I’d forgotten how to ‘start over’, so that in itself has been an experience.
Learning what is expected of me, and figuring out how to implement that without getting lost in the minutiae becomes the next challenge. I need to keep my head elevated and focus on the strategic objectives, without getting too deep into the weeds of daily tasks. An interesting juggling act to think about over the coming weeks.
Today, however, as part of NAIDOC Week, a bunch of the team got together to work on an indigenous-style artwork. We were provided with the starting template and then as a team we “completed the dots”. It was a great way to get to know everybody and bond while doing an activity that was quite meditative.
The team is a wonderful group. I haven’t done a team activity for such a long time, and this was a perfect way to end a first week at a new job.
I am also proud of the painting. I think it looks fantastic!
That feeling when youβre enjoying the job of being a basketball commentator. π
Creating rice outline islands with my boys.
Itβs storming outside. Iβm sick and donβt have a voice. Todayβs Public Holiday is wasted on me. My boy wanted me to feel better so brought me breakfast in bed. π₯°
Sunday, June 4, 2023
Incredible acting supported by great lighting and the 4:3 aspect ratio.
Thursday, June 1, 2023
Turns out I like Carmelo Anthony, even though he carved up Australia when playing for USA.
Post-soccer hangs with The Booj.
Looking forward to commentating #NBL1 West action between Perth Redbacks and East Perth Eagles, streaming on Kayo Freebies tonight. π ποΈ
Friday, May 19, 2023
I like that I donβt need to be an MCU nerd to enjoy this film. I didnβt like the music in this as much as the first two, but playing from a brown Zune makes up for it. The corridor scene is epic.
Voyager just slayed at Eurovision! πΆ
This week in NBL1 West basketball I am commentating Perth Redbacks v Willetton Tigers (women and men). These games will be broadcast on Kayo Sports Freebies. Watch the stream and enjoy my commentary!
I just became moustachioed!
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Hits all the Mario tropes, and I got a few chuckles along the way. Mainly one for the kids, though.
Tomorrow I am flying to Karratha to commentate the NBL1 basketball game between Geraldton Buccaneers and Perth Redbacks. It will be streamed live at 7pm (+8GMT) if you want to watch. π
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
A basketball movie about business - my kind of film! Would have benefited from some tighter editing, but itβs always a pleasure to watch Damon act.
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
I was excited to rewatch this movie, until I saw the opening credits where both Elon Musk and Peter Thiel were listed as Executive Producers. Urgh.