hyperpeople

The Cleaner

2009-03-24T05:46:35Z

At the age of 46 I've realized that I'm not actually going to become cleaner. Oh no. I've admitted defeat. And have hired a cleaner. Who comes in and does for me. Rather Edwardian, that. A bachelor gentlemen with a flat in the city and a lady who does for him. I could be Sherlock Holmes. Or Henry Higgins.

Well?

2008-12-12T10:38:37Z

A bit of history worth watching

2008-11-24T09:11:53Z

A slide show I can believe in

2008-11-07T10:45:49Z

Makes me proud to be human

2008-09-29T09:07:19Z

I was actually feeling a bit down. Then I watched this:

It's about time

2008-09-06T00:10:50Z

This film was made.

I smell a train wreck

2008-09-02T02:07:18Z

When CNN turns against you, your goose is well and truly cooked.

Sometimes I really wish I lived in New York

2008-08-25T12:12:31Z

Meditations III

2008-08-20T00:41:14Z

Don't run away.

Together Again! (27 years later)

2008-08-18T08:28:16Z

An anthropological introduction to YouTube

2008-08-16T02:28:48Z

It's an hour long. But you'll learn something!

On a tear

2008-08-13T23:04:08Z

Mark Pesce on hyperconnectivity
Originally uploaded by sridgway

I had no idea what would happen. Then I opened my mouth. Hilarity ensued.

Meditations II

2008-08-03T08:28:22Z

Anxiety is love that has lost its way.

Definition of Citizen Journalism

2008-07-23T14:35:30Z

Simple and sweet.

Observations and Meditations

2008-07-23T03:30:07Z

Why does the lazy part of my mind work so hard to keep me lazy?

Why does the distracting part of my mind never become distracted itself, and forget what it's doing?

This made me smile. A lot.

2008-07-13T13:06:51Z

Today Tonight - TiVo comes to Australia

2008-07-09T10:12:19Z

Last Friday (the 4th of July) I recorded a segment for Australia's trashiest tabloid TV program, "Today Tonight". All about TiVO coming to Australia - a decade late. Note the snazzy red jumper I'm wearing... ;-)

No Love on United

2008-06-17T01:11:31Z

No Love on United
Originally uploaded by mpesce

There is a story. And I will tell it -- soon. But you will not believe it.

The Autumn Lecture Tour 2008

2008-06-02T11:25:09Z

Four Years Ago....(2004)
Originally uploaded by mikecogh

Sydney, Sydney, Melbourne, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Wollongong, Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Brisbane, and Sydney.

Oh, and then there's New York. Which won't technically be in Autumn.

As seen in Sydney

2008-05-31T23:36:14Z

As seen in Sydney
Originally uploaded by mpesce

Yes, that's on the bumper of an Australian VW Golf (right-hand drive, natch, because we drive on the left here), next to a NSW license plate. In other words, this automobile is in every way Australian. Yet somehow, displayed proudly next to that plate, there's an Obama 08 bumper sticker.

Which tells you just how important this contest is to all of us here in Sydney.

Twitter Addict?

2008-05-29T11:37:44Z

Twitter
Originally uploaded by NathanaelB

Nathanael, an Australian Twitteratti, mounted his laptop on his rolling luggage as he waited in the queue for a taxi at Sydney airport, plugged in his 3G modem, and Twittered away.

Addict? You decide.

All The Cool People Are Still Going...

2008-05-22T11:11:52Z

Samhain

2008-05-04T10:54:53Z

THESE ARE THE WORDS OF THE DEAD

This is why we remember the dead: so we can bring to mind how important each moment of life is. We all walk around assuming we will live forever.

We will not.

Open to love at every moment. True, pure love is always responded to in kind - to the degree and form possible in the recipient.

Had enough

2008-04-21T06:56:10Z

I got my electric bill in the mail last week. I do tend to give the thing a cursory glance, just so I have some idea how much cash will be auto-deducted from my bank account later in the month. What was most interesting was a little bar chart in the corner - which showed that my usage had declined to 12KWh from 16KWh in the similar period a year earlier. In other words, I'd cut my electricity usage by 25%.

How had I done this? I can trace it to two things: I stopped using the dryer. For some obscure reason, dryers in Australia are always electric. Which I can imagine my father rolling his eyes at - because it's just so hilariously inefficient. Also, I powered down my lovely dual-core server, choosing instead to create virtualized servers, which are running on my quad-core telly, which, because it's (sometimes) recording TV shows, is always turned on.

I reckon that these two simple changes cut my electricity usage by 25%. No big deal to stop using the dryer (except for the bedclothes). Things actually dry faster in Sydney sun than they do in the dryer. Of course, we've had two weeks of consistently cloudy, rainy, chilly weather here in Sydney, so I have been using the dryer a bit these days. But the sun will return - this is Australia, after all - and I can dry my clothes in the sun again. And that server is staying turned off.

So simple. But so profound. I reckon that if I really worked at it - replacing my refrigerator and washing machine with highly efficient models - I could get that number down to nearly 50% of my earlier usage. That's remarkable. But I reckon it possible.

What Daddy Did In The War

2008-04-05T21:45:06Z