Archive for April, 2006

It is interesting to compare the spending on education and defence for various countries. Japan spends 7.5 times more on education than on its defence.

A short film about jazz in Japan triggers some interesting thoughts and reactions.

My first foray into commercially hosted websites was when I started to move my Interactive Mathematics site off our institution's server about 18 months ago. I took the recommendation of a colleague and bought space on GlobeDomain.com's servers. At first, things went well. The support (by a couple of Indian guys) was excellent and they […]

After all the hassle and wasted time of viruses on 2 computers, I sat down to catch up on a mountain of jobs. I turned on the computer and "pphht" - accompanied by a burning smell. Uh oh - not good. After some elimination, I realised it was the Maxtor HDD. It was still under […]

25th April is the day that Australians and New Zealanders commemorate a military loss - the debacle of the First World War battle at Gallipoli. The ANZACs (Australia and New Zealand Army Corps) were doing what they often have to do - fight other people's wars in other people's countries. On 25th April 1915, the […]