USS Bonhomme Richard in Sydney
USS Bonhomme Richard at Garden Island In August 2013 USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 06) paid a visit to Sydney’s Fleet Base East. Bonhomme Richard is a Landing Helicopter Dock (aka…
Grant W Graves—the guru of Soggy Science
My friend and mentor Grant W Graves is not only a diving guru[1] but is also a degree qualified marine scientist. In the diving world, Grant is one of the…
Early Light
The Australian War Memorial in Canberra is a wonderful celebration of the contributions and sacrifices by the Nation’s sailors, soldiers and airmen at home and abroad. Whilst war should not…
FX: Coffee Shop Horror Scene
By way of The Loop comes a fantastic horror scene set up at a coffee shop. Great FX, well executed.
Avoid Presentation Interruptions in Mavericks
I’ve written before about how I believe that system interuptions should be completely disabled during presentations, and how Windows devices shouldn’t be used for presentations if possible because of their…
Welcome to Uepi
Welcome to Uepi, a photo by DesParoz on Flickr.Getting to Uepi Island Resort is an adventure in itself - it is one of the most hidden away places you can…
Warships
Warships Image of warships alongside at Sydney’s Fleet Base East (HMAS Kuttabul). In the image are with HMAS Tobruk (L50), HMAS Stuart (FFH 153) & HMAS Darwin (FFG 04). Peeking…
Dekudekuru Split
Dekudekuru is a reef close to Uepi Island Resort in the Solomon Islands. It is an ideal place for both over and under shots and images made from underwater shooting…
Dealing with a customer service disaster – the NerdGap way
One of the basics of customer service is (or at least should be) honesty. If a problem occurs in a customer service scenario three simple rules should be followed: Admit…
FastMail Finds It Australian Roots and Updates Privacy Policy
A few months ago I wrote about how I’ve been reducing my reliance on a single point of aggregation of my online data. Previously I - like many - had…