There was another walk option for cubs I wanted to explore at the wetlands, so I went back during lunch time yesterday. It was raining really quite heavily during this walk, but I still had fun. I think this route might be the winner — its a bit longer, and a bit more interesting as…
Exploring possible cub walks
I’ve been exploring possible cub walks for a little while now, and decided that Jerrabomberra Wetlands might be an option. Most of these photos will seem a bit odd to readers, unless you realize I’m mostly interested in the terrain and its suitability for cubs… …
More coding club
This is the second post about the coding club at my kid’s school. I was away for four weeks travelling for work and then getting sick, so I am still getting back up to speed with what the kids have been up to while I’ve been away. This post is an attempt to gather some…
Geocaching at the border
Today’s lunch walk was around Tuggeranong Pines again. At the back of the pine forest is the original train line from the 1880s which went down to Cooma. I walked as far as the old Tuggeranong siding before turning back. Its interesting, as there is evidence that there has been track work done here in…
Melrose trig
I went for a short geocaching walk at lunch today. Three geocaches in 45 minutes, so not too shabby. One of those caches was at the Melrose trig point, so bagged that too. There is some confusion here, as John Evans and I thought that Melrose was on private land. However, there is no signage…
In A Sunburned Country
This is the first Bill Bryson book I’ve read, and I have to say I enjoyed it. Bill is hilarious and infuriating at the same time, which surprisingly to me makes for a very entertaining combination. I’m sure he’s not telling the full story in this book — its just not possible for someone so…
The linux.conf.au 2016 Call For Proposals is open!
The OpenStack community has been well represented at linux.conf.au over the last few years, which I think is reflective of both the growing level of interest in OpenStack in the general Linux community, as well as the fact that OpenStack is one of the largest Python projects around these days. linux.conf.au is one of the…
Square Rock and Mount Franklin
I’m not really sure why it took me so long to write this set of walks up — I think I just got lost in preparations for the most recent OpenStack summit and simply forgot. That said, here they are… Tony, Steven and I mounted an expedition to Mount Franklin, which is one of the…
Ancillary Justice
I loved this book. The way the language works takes a little while to work out, but then blends into the background. The ideas here are new and interesting and I look forward to other work of Ann’s. Very impressed with this book. Title: Ancillary Justice Author: Ann Leckie Genre: Fiction Publisher: Orbit Books Release…
Coding club day one: a simple number guessing game in python
I’ve recently become involved in a new computer programming club at my kids’ school. The club runs on Friday afternoons after school and is still very new so we’re still working through exactly what it will look like long term. These are my thoughts on the content from this first session. The point of this…