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I was saddened to hear of the death yesterday (9 September 2024) of James Earl Jones, probably best known across the world as the voice of Darth Vader, the looming, ominous antagonist of the original trilogy of Star Wars movies from the 1970s and 1980s. Apart from the resonance and authority evident from his distinctive… Continue reading Death of James Earl Jones
While walking in Bateman a few days ago, I spotted a park with pleasant rows of red-flowered coral trees, and decided that I must revisit it in the next few days. This afternoon, probably a couple of hours before sunset, I made it back. The light was not as golden as I had hoped it… Continue reading Crimson flowers in winter
The weekend just gone by was a sad one for Perth: on Saturday (24 August 2024), we saw the closing of Nine Japanese Bistro—originally, and for most of its life, Nine Fine Food. For those unfamiliar with it, Nine Fine Food was an exquisite, award-winning Japanese restaurant at 227 Bulwer Street, just north of the… Continue reading Farewell to Nine Fine Food
The time is now here for customers of iiNet (and other TPG Telecom group entities) to either start paying for e-mail services from the Messaging Company or find alternative e-mail service providers. Ray Shaw at CyberShack wrote about this divestment of e-mail services and a useful guide to setting up your own e-mail domain in… Continue reading E-mail services
After a bit of research and a touch of experimentation, I have enabled ImageMagick with custom image settings on this website. This should result in better image quality for you, the visitor, at a negligible cost to display speed. Default WordPress image settings will typically lean towards file size optimisation, making for smaller image file… Continue reading ImageMagick
As we pass through 2024, and human society continues recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, we continue to wage war on each other—both literally and metaphorically. In eastern Europe and western Asia, amongst other places, people continue to kill and destroy. Even in regions that are ostensibly at peace, crimes and injustices continue at various levels.… Continue reading Easter 2024
After many years, iiNet has announced that it is closing down its web hosting, domain name registration, and e-mail services. Those familiar with the Internet scene in Perth will know the iiNet name well. Things have changed, however, particularly within the last decade, which saw iiNet sold to a larger company. The reduction in scope… Continue reading A new web host
We are now a little over three years on from the time the COVID-19 virus really started making an impact on human society across the world. In many cases, life has essentially returned to the way it was before, albeit with public health precautions now more at the forefront of our minds. We are now… Continue reading Easter 2023
After a long life and a very long reign in modern human terms, Queen Elizabeth II died yesterday. She was a figurehead not just throughout the British Commonwealth, but across the world. By all accounts, she was a diligent and honourable woman, holding her post with distinction. In recent decades, she had also been the… Continue reading Death of Queen Elizabeth II
Easter this year is now two weeks in the past, and at the time I was actually reminded of a Christmas carol: O Holy Night. Part of the second verse, “A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices,” came to mind. It has now been more than two years since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and… Continue reading Easter 2022