Mr Black is an incredibly delicious cold-brew coffee liqueur which is created (relatively) local to us on the Central Coast of NSW. We've been enjoying it for years - but it has really started to gain popularity through Australia and internationally. Recently they've been running tours at the distillery where they create everything - so …
High-Rise
I've been wanting to watch this film for a while for a number of reasons. I'm a fan of Tom Hiddleston's acting and had hear good things about the book the film was adapted from. The film is set in a beautiful 60s/70s brutalist apartment in London - where something of a class structure is …
2021: Looking forward
I've never really liked the idea of 'resolutions' as such. They always feel like grand gestures. Huge changes which seem, by their very nature, to be set up to fail. What I do like is this thought... When I look back on 2021 - what things will I be proud of, and glad I did.
What do you need?
Listening to the recent interview Matt Mullenweg did on the Farnham Street Knowledge Project podcast I was struck by something he said about the way he has been encouraged by a coach to be more aware of the way he chooses his words.
2020: A retrospective
Enough has been written about 2020. For my own reference (and a reminder for the future) I wanted to note the things I'm grateful for coming out of 2020.
What to do, what to do…
As we approach 2021, my brain goes to the 'things' I want to do in the coming year. Inevitably I have a range of ideas of projects which would be fun and interesting, but there's no way I can commit to all of them... Some things that I have in mind... Keep up the blogging …
A week in the life of a Happiness Engineer
I've been working at Automattic as a Happiness Engineer on WordPress.com for a little over two years now. The work is varied, and I love it. But the title 'Happiness Engineer' doesn't really explain a lot about what I actually do. I thought it would be good to share what a typical week might look …
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On Blogging
At work we've started a blogging group. (Side note - who remembers BlogRings? Ah the good old days...) Seeing as we create website/blogging software for a living, it seems fitting a group of us should be regularly wine-tasting the product and seeing how it goes. I've just started a new blog about accidentally discovering I'm …
Remembering my Tshirts.
For a long time - I spent a significant amount of money on Tshirts - from bands/concerts especially, but also from other places. Once I wasn't wearing certain shirts any more, I found I had a stockpile of them taking up space. Before passing them on - I decided to take photos of all of …
Growing and Eating Oyster Mushrooms
For my birthday, my sister-in-law gave me a box filled with coffee grind and mushroom spores. All I had to do was cut a hole in it and spray it with water - and we had a harvest of mushrooms within a week. The best part was, of course, the eating. I've never been too …