Dwelling In the Desert

“What do we mean by setting a man free? You cannot free a man who dwells in a desert and is an unfeeling brute. There is no liberty except the liberty of some one making his way towards something. Such a man can be set free if you will teach him the meaning of thirst, and [...]

Guitar Man

Late afternoon in the Dandenong Ranges
A steel string guitar
Cowboy paradise

self portrait, effects applied using the GIMP with FX-Foundary plugins

weekend [...]

el hombre cielo grande

I decided that it had been far too long since I had pulled out the ol’ camera and took some shots. I walked around this morning with my daughter and took a few experimentals. While editing them on my favorite editing software, the GIMP, I accidentally choose the Threshold option. This gives a very stark black [...]

Lone Soldier by Juniper

The other day was Remembrance Day in Australia. My daughter was asked to write a short essay to commemorate the day and then read her essay on a local radio station. She wrote and read the essay without much fanfare. Her teacher advised how impressed he was with her writing skill. I’ve copied her essay here. [...]

Let That Lonesome Whistle Blow My Blues Away

I hear the train a comin’
it’s rolling round the bend
and I ain’t seen the sunshine since I don’t know when,
I’m stuck in Folsom prison, and time keeps draggin’ on
but that train keeps a rollin’ on down to San Anton..
When I was just a baby my mama told me. Son,
always be a good boy, don’t ever play [...]

Ghosting AKA Personal Space Invading In the Olympics

Yesterday I posted a photo of the elusive Ghost Man of the Dandenong Ranges. Today, I am proud to announce that Ghost Man has been the catalyst for gaming greatness. Yes, that’s right, Ghost Man was the inspiration for the next Olympic sport – Ghosting or sometimes referred to as Personal Space Invading.

Earlier in the week, [...]

Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares – The Doughnut Kitchen Rides Again

I love watching Gordon Ramsay strip away all dignity and self-esteem of chefs and restaurant owners only to rebuild them better than before with foul language and fresh food. However, I think he’d meet his match on Wellington Road, Narre Warren East. I would wager that after one round in the Doughnut Kitchen, he’d be stumbling [...]

Zenwalk Linux – Fly Free Wallpaper

Zenwalk Fly Free Wallpaper Download (3848 x 2592 px – 4GB file)

So far, I love using Zenwalk Linux 5.0.  It’s a very nice lean linux distribution. I had the hankering to create a nice background for my Zenwalk box’s 20″ monitor. I started with a photo I took of some interesting clouds. To that, I added [...]

Steal This Poem – A literary Hack, v1.3

This is my poem
it’s my literary hack
proof that good code is poetry.
It’s my little chance to give back.

This poem is copyleft,
you are free to distribute it, and diffuse it
dismantle it, and abuse it
reproduce it, and improve it
and use it
for your own ends
and with your own ending

This is an open source poem
Entering the public domain
Here’s the source [...]

His Hour

Portfolio Spotlight

Inspired by a poem from Walt Whitman titled Osceola about a Seminole who was imprisoned by US troops in Florida (around 1830s).

Osceola died in captivity of a [...]