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Tuesday, December 11, 2007 11:57 AM

Welcome, Charlotte

In the early hours of Monday morning (Dec 10th), I was in Melbourne, ready to teach a course in the morning. I made it back in time to help my new daughter Charlotte into the world, but this is what I wrote from the airport: "Welcome to the world...
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Friday, November 09, 2007 8:56 PM

Bath University's description of my grandfather

Some people asked me about what Grandpa achieved. This from Bath University News : The University is saddened to announce the death on Saturday of Professor Martyn Farley, a member of University Court since 1983, representing the Royal Aeronautical Society...
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Thursday, October 25, 2007 12:11 AM

A tribute

It seems my hero may not last the day. Martyn Graham Farley, my grandfather. When I was a child, I thought he knew everything. As I grew up and realised that nobody knows everything, there was a part of me that considered that if anyone came close, it...
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Saturday, July 21, 2007 10:00 PM

My views on Arsenal comings and goings

(completely non-tech) I've had quite a few people ask me my opinions on the Arsenal transfers this summer (well, winter here in Australia, but summer for Arsenal). The big question of course is around Thierry Henry. Our champion who left for Barcelona...
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Wednesday, July 04, 2007 11:17 PM

Transformers movie - worth the rating?

My almost-ten-year-old son wants to see the new Transformers movie . It's rated M, which means that it's not recommended for kids under the age of fifteen. On that point alone, my answer is no. But I was curious about the movie - I remember the...
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Tuesday, July 03, 2007 6:28 PM

An Adelaide icon waves goodbye

The State Bank building was built in Adelaide in 1988, and remains the tallest building in Adelaide. When the bank (not the building) collapsed in the early 90s, it became Santos House , and got branded with the Santos logo. It was like this when I first...
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Thursday, June 21, 2007 9:50 PM

Number three due in December

A few months ago, after almost an eight year gap, we decided to try for a third child. Now we only have about six months until the new baby arrives. It's very cool - we're just hoping that the baby is born before Christmas.
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Monday, June 18, 2007 12:50 PM

Isoccerhedron

At school my son is looking at polyhedra (that's the proper word for polyhedrons - like cubes, tetrahedrons, etc). The other day he came home with pictures of a dodecahedron (that's the one with 12 pentagon sides) and an icosahedron (20 triangle...
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Wednesday, March 21, 2007 5:40 PM

Getting married today

Roslyn & I are getting married this afternoon. Again. But this time, for pretend. Her mum is getting her celebrant's licence, and needs to conduct a pretend-wedding so that they can be sure she knows how to do it. So Roslyn and I are getting all done...
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Tuesday, January 30, 2007 4:10 AM

Offensive movies on a plane?

I was on a plane recently and saw the new Helen Mirren movie The Queen . It was a well-done film, although in many ways it was just a curiosity about how they would show the events, rather than wondering what would happen next. One thing got me though...
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Thursday, January 04, 2007 1:21 PM

England are charitable to Warne

England have let Warne be Australia's top batsman in his final test . Very nice of us. And just to demonstrate that it was charity, we got him out less than ten runs after he beat the next best Aussie.
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Tuesday, January 02, 2007 9:15 AM

Five things

Nick tagged me . Thanks Nick. Turns out you are still here. Hmm... Five things about me you might not know. 1/ I'm a Christian (and proud of it). I have been all my life, and don't remember not ever being a Christian. I actually come from a long line...
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