It is a little known secret of mine that I enjoy running. I can easily empathise with those of you who puzzle over this statement. How can one love running? I used to wonder this – running is something you do when chasing a bus, avoiding being run over or when being chased by an [...]
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The teacher’s pay dispute in Western Australia wears on. Since the offer by the Department of Education and Training on July 21 the State School Teachers Union of Western Australia has accepted the offer “in principle” and put the matter to a vote by its members. To recap the highlights of the deal include: pay rises [...] I lost one of my best friends today and even as I sit here writing this I can feel my eyes brim with tears. Lily has been with me since she was just 6 weeks old. Too young to leave her mother if the truth is known. Lily came from the back streets of Boulder. Her father [...] Facebook launched in 2004 and was originally only for use by students of Harvard University in the United States. It subsequently expanded to be open to the public and is, by most accounts, a storming success. According to data from Fastcompany.com Facebook has nearly 20 million active users and has over 30 billion page views [...] I have detailed elsewhere the dodgy landscaper employed here at Atomac Towers. I really was in despair when, about a month ago, I sent the final email asking for some sort of movement on the landscaping. By this time we were living in a sand pit since, in one of his manic phases, he had [...] It is sometimes said that great minds think alike. Through a link on Boing Boing I came upon this post about the redevelopment of shopping malls as they slowly die into real community centres. The post links to the home page of a movement called New Urbanism. Briefly: The New Urbanism is a reaction to sprawl. A [...] As discussed in Inner City Life Perth has suffered from urban planning centred around the car. This has led to urban sprawl of epic proportions as the coastal plain between the Darling Ranges and the Indian Ocean from Yanchep to Mandurah slowly fills with housing developments. These developments provide cheap(ish) housing for those unable to afford [...] |
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