Conferences

LCA 2017 Day 2

Another lovely morning in Hobart, with a delightful sunrise, blue-winged green parrots flying past my window, and fucking crows cawing at 5 in the morning. But that's OK, because I'

LCA 2017 Day 1

Continuing on from the theme of "visiting parts of Australia I probably wouldn't otherwise see", this year LCA has come to Hobart - the second time Hobart has hosted

Kiwicon 10 Day 2 Afternoon

Lunchtime walking in the sun; Wellington is offering Kiwicon visitors the full experience. Yesterday would have left a large number of visitors wondering "Why would anyone live in this hell-hole?", while

Kiwicon 10 Day 2 Morning

A friendly reminder New Zealand is part of the Five Eyes team. And a montage of the ridiculousness of, well, everything about the Five Eyes nations. Trump. Colin Craig. Farage. Gumboot throwing. Opening

Kiwicon 10 Day 1 Afternoon

A delayed start - apparently the AV started acting wonky once a bunch of radiation sources were unpacked next to it. More time for lunch to digest. Attacking OS X for fun and