: Some friends and I were having a laugh trying to generate images. This was supposed to be one of …
: I’ve been checking out Pijul, an interesting approach to version control. I really like it. At …
: Some Christmas Parrots and a Cockatoo.
: I’m sure I could make your hand fit mine, if I deliver these custard trays on time.
: After 5 days my fingerprints have returned sufficiently that Touch ID works about 5% of the time…
: The end of a great week of GUE DPV Cave training in Ginnie Springs with Kirill and my teammate Bori. …
: An update, I have one “Ginnie Finger” today. Limestone is grindy. 😬 We made it to 3700 …
: While I don’t have “Ginnie Fingers”… after a week of diving in High Springs I can …
: It’s a bloody long way from Brisbane to High Springs.
: This time of year my local park is full of Corellas and Galahs.
: Congratulations Tom and Nicole on passing GUE Fundamentals in Byron Bay. A great couple of weekends …
: On October 14 we are being asked to vote on one simple thing Should the following amendment be made to the Australian Constitution: Chapter IX Recognition of …
: We’re coming down to the wire… If you’ve got a few bob laying about, please consider …
: Some workmates and I are participating in Steptember this year, hoping to raise money for Cerebral …
: This grumpy ol' fella wanted some action… I took these frame grabs from our dive at Julian Rocks …
: No strawberry sundaes, but there were cows… Breakfast and lunch at Montville and a great day walking …
: Congratulations Ian and Christina on passing GUE DPV 1!
: We also visited Port Arthur… an important historical area from our colonial and convict past… and on …
: We took a trip to Tassie, the view from atop Kunanyi (Mount Wellington) was really something.
: Finished reading: Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey 📚
: We spent Easter on beautiful Heron Island, home to a variety of birds (no herons) and a green sea …
: That’s a wrap. The Micro.blog March Photoblogging Challenge was a blast. I’ve collected …
: #Practice, Day 31. I see the end…
: #Mirror, Day 30. Reflecting on the day.
: #Slice, Day 29. A closer look at temptation.
: #Prompt, Day 28. Ringo’s morning message…
: #Support, Day 27. The local flying fox colony doing what they do.
: #Instrument, Day 26. Still my favourite.
: #Spice, Day 25. This one didn’t really work… I was going for Martian sunrise over cayenne …
: #Court, Day 24. Street art at the local handball court.
: #Chance, Day 23. Last time I was in Sicily, Stromboli erupted the day after we moved from Lipari to …
: #Insect, Day 22. Comin’ in hot.
: #Tiny, Day 21. The tiny details of everyday objects… Gwoya Tjungurrayi was a Warlpiri man and …
: Finished reading: The Caledonian Gambit by Dan Moren 📚
: #Analog, Day 19. Warming up my old Gibson Super Goldtone.
: #Road, Day 16. We’re on a road to nowhere.
: #Horizon, Day 14. Shorncliffe Pier, the largest timber pier in Brisbane, has been here in one form …
: #Connection, Day 13. These old masks from Papua New Guinea once adorned the walls at my …
: #Gimcrack, Day 11. I’d never heard of “gimcrack” before, but my family has its own word for “knick …
: #Ritual, Day 10. We all have our rituals.
: #Together, Day 9. Frequent visitors to Point Lookout on North Stradbroke Island. Minjerribah, the …
: #Walk, Day 8. Stay on the path…
: #Whole, Day 7. Ringo’s favourite victim is poor old Jack here. I’m afraid nothing could make him …
: #Engineering, Day 6. Wandering along Sandgate Beach, Warra to the Turrbal people. I love the …
: #Tile, Day 5. I’m used to tiling textures, instead I found some textured tiling.
: #Zip, Day 4. The three most important zips in my repertoire.
: #Solitude, Day 3. I wanted a picture of Ringo wistfully gazing out the window, but he wasn’t being …
: If you were a Twitterrific or Tweetbot subscriber, I encourage you to: Reinstall (or update) both …
: Today I learnt of the Gympie Pyramid, a nutter conspiracy theory in my own backyard! A 2008 …
: Now I’m committed… #Secure, Day 1 of the Micro.blog photo challenge.
: This thing goes like the clappers.
: Brisbane at night, from Mount Coot-Tha.
: If There's No Map, Have You Really Been There? In the last week of our time in Mexico, I took GUE Underwater Cave Survey with Fred Devos (Zero …
: Una desviación para los tacos After Christmas In Austin we braved Southwest Airlines and headed to Mexico—AUS✈️CUN was one of the …
: I’m not sure you appreciate the risks… I’ve been a Chucks guy since the 80s.
: I’ve been looking forward to this for quite some time.
: After Twitter, I thought I’d like one home for both random thoughts and blog posts. A single …
: A BBQ Fuelled Christmas 🎄 For the first two years of the COVID19 pandemic Australia isolated itself from the world, so I had …
: Currently reading: The Caledonian Gambit by Dan Moren 📚
: I’ve hosted my blog, such as it is, many places. It started life on Movable Type (though …
: Vale For a decade and half I used Twitter. Every day. Occassionaly via the website or first party apps, …
: This feels like the right bottle for New Year’s Eve. 🖖
: Given the hypocracy and bizarre public meltdown happening over on Twitter, I’ve decided to …
: We’ve been friends for over 10 years, and now they do Fundies… Congratulations Bre, Cedric, …
: Ready to brave the frigid waters of South East Queensland in their shiny new drysuits. …
: Congratulations David on completing GUE Fundamentals, and big thanks to Ian for jumping in as a …
: Congratulations Team Rainbow passing GUE Fundamentals @ Scuba World, Mooloolaba.
: Striking a pose on the Birchgrove, Sydney, a couple of weeks ago.
: Big congratulations to Sarah Herbert on passing GUE Recreational Diver 1! An amazing achievement and …
: What a day for our first taste of salt water for GUE Recreational Diver 1.
: Setting up DeviceCheck access for your iOS apps If you’re trying to set up DeviceCheck access, I suggest ignoring Apple’s certificate …
: GUE Recreational Diver 1, underway.
: Another fine morning on the Coolooli. Thanks again to Dive Spear and Sport.
: Nice dive on the Dee Why and Meggol with this crew today. Thanks to Dive Spear and Sport.
: Burnt out forest in every direction.
: GUE Queensland & Sydney having a blast on the Ex-HMAS Tobruk with Hervey Bay Dive Centre.
: Congratulations Gavin and James for passing GUE Fundamentals, and Ian for achieving a tech upgrade!
: I spent the last month or so in Mexico and Florida cave diving. One of my team mates, Huw Porter, …
: I spent the weekend diving in Tank Cave. I always love these guys.
: I still have that shirt. Denvar featured at the Museum of Brisbane High Rotation exhibit.
: A couple of snaps of us working at the Battle of Egadi this season.
: Interested in diving? Exploration? Adventure? Aged 21–30? See where diving can take you, and check …
: Prepping for another day of exploration… while I pack up ready to head home for the season.
: Out of the deep. Lingyu He and I decompressing after some exploration.
: Heading to 80m to investigate a Roman ram from 241 BC.
: The conditions are just terrible.
: We had a great dive this morning. Down to 80m to check an ancient ram that’s been sitting on the sea …
: Home for the next couple of weeks.
: Today we say ciao Lipari, and head to Favignana.
: We had our final dive in Capistello Bay this morning, finishing some survey measurements. Now we’re …
: Beautiful weather and calm seas for a few dives surveying the Capistello Bay wreck. We cleaned up …
: On my way back to Lipari and Favignana to dive Capistello Bay and The Battle of Egadi site for GUE …
: Some information on the connection between PFO and IEDCS. A topic close to my heart…
: Error: Multiple commands produce…, Cocoapods & Multi Platform Podfiles TL;DR: Remove use_frameworks! from your Podfile. If you’ve arrived here you probably have a …
: Peter Mayhew helped define my life, growing up. Even as an adult I’ve never once looked at …
: Over the last few years, I’ve been part of a marine archaeology project in Sicily, for GUE and …
: Back to Fundamentals: An Introduction to GUE’s Most Popular Diving Course
: Under Pressure, the new book from Gareth Lock and The Human Diver, is available for preorder. Please …
: The Incident at Indian Springs. A dive we all learn about.
: My friend Cass needs a hand.
: Congratulations Ian Fisher for successfully completing GUE Fundamentals Part 1. On the path!
: The Data61 FP Course is great. Tony Morris et al., have done a great job producing a fundamental …
: A quick update from GUE president Jarrod Jablonski, including a great chat with Richard Lundgren …
: Recently, GUE released a great new blog for all things diving. Check it out! A good place to start …
: Something else to consider while navigating social media and life1. Needless to say, I don’t …
: Some old food for thought in our volatile world1. Needless to say, I don’t truck with a lot …
: Radical Candor. Challenge directly and care personally.
: Help celebrate GUE’s 20th anniversary, with this special edition backplate and wing.
: Why lie about remaining air supply? An interesting anecdote and discussion of the effect of fixed vs …
: Happy 20th Anniversary! Some updates from Global Underwater Explorers.
: Congratulations to new GUE diver, Gordon Tan, who passed GUE Fundamentals at Perth Scuba, Western …
: The Thai Cave rescue was, without question, an astounding achievement.
: It’s only just dawned on me that I’ve spent the last two weeks in the shadow of three active …
: Skippered Miky for a while yesterday, on our way to Filicudi for some ROV exploration.
: In 2016, I joined the Lipari Acheo Project for Global Underwater Explorers and the Soprintendenza …
: Devices backed up. Betas installed. WWDC is always fun. Sometimes terrifying. But always fun.
: I tried writing something profound. I couldn’t. If you have the means, please consider helping …
: I recently rediscovered Lego, thanks to my nephews. Hands down the greatest of all “toys”. I wonder …
: C. S. Lewis, foreshadowing: Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its …
: A difference in perspective Recently, Erica Sadun wrote about inconsistencies in Swift’s function-like constructs, such as …
: Michael Shermer on how Classical Liberalism might heal the bonds of our affection.
: Boo! Ze Frank narrates a True Facts nature documentary on Frog Fish.
: How should I frame this? Selecting better video frames for photogrammetry Sometimes my spheres of interest overlap. Meeting Matt Carter at OzTek a couple of years ago, and …
: Today I discovered GNU Parallel, and I don’t know what to do with all this spare time.
: One of the best development tips I can give you is to not leave an omega-3 capsule in your computer …
: I finally got around to moving my site from Tumblr to Wordpress. It seemed like the thing to do. …
: How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb Recently, Brandon Williams posted Algebraic Structure and Protocols, a great article describing and …
: A year already. Thanks again, Steve.
: Gas Manager I’ve finally released my new gas management program for iPhone & iPod touch. Gas Manager helps …
: RIP Hitch. That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.
: gcc on Lion If you’re using rvm or anything else that specifically wants gcc on Lion. Install Xcode as usual, …
: The Thresher Shark Research And Conservation Project, Quest Magazine An article I wrote (with fellow GUE diver Nathalie Udo) about our experience with TSRCP in the …
: Points of Interest added to crashcard Crashcard’s map view now features “Points of Interest” showing where nearby towing services, public …
: Who with the Wot now? UPDATE: Wot was retired. A little Dropbox syncing, notes app I wrote for myself is now available for …
: Tumbocalypse No sooner had I flicked the switch moving the site than there was a 36 hour outage. The experiment …
: Safeguard with crashcard Finally, crashcard is available in the App Store. Unfortunately, car accidents do happen. CRASHCARD …
: The Thresher Shark Research & Conservation Project In 2011 I’ll be returning to The Thresher Shark Research & Conservation Project for a six month …
: Air Depth Crash Bug UPDATE: Air Depth is no longer available. Check out Gas Manager on the App Store. UPDATE: Air Depth …
: Followup on App Store Pricing and Developer Payments I received a message from Apple today, in response to an earlier post. I’ve reproduced it bellow: …
: On App Store Pricing and Developer Payments UPDATE: A reply from Apple I had a rather long and messy discussion with Garret Murray on twitter …
: Busy Bee Things are busy here at the moment. Firstly, I have a new scuba diving app in progress for iPhone …
: Depth Gauge Now With More Air Depth UPDATE: Air Depth and Depth Gauge are no longer available. Check out Gas Manager on the App Store. …
: Backward Compatibility UPDATE: Air Depth and Depth Gauge are no longer available. Check out Gas Manager on the App Store. A …
: Get Dropbox Just a quick note, I’ve been using a great little app called Dropbox to sync documents etc between …
: Finally UPDATE: Depth Gauge is no longer available. Check out Gas Manager on the App Store. Air Depth and …
: WARNING: MacFUSE, Disk for iPhone UPDATE: I have my MBP back and working. The Logic Board was fried. I suspect this was a remarkable …
: Inconsistency Upsets Me UPDATE: Air Depth and Depth Gauge are no longer available. Check out Gas Manager on the App Store. …
: Depth Gauge and Air Depth 1.0.1 in the Pipe UPDATE: Depth Gauge is no longer available. Check out Gas Manager on the App Store. New versions of …
: Depth Gauge Released UPDATE: Depth Gauge is no longer available. Check out Gas Manager on the App Store. Version 1.0 of …
: Air Depth Released UPDATE: Air Depth is no longer available. Check out Gas Manager on the App Store. Today marks the …
: I’ve finally built a website and removed the postit! note that occupied this space for the past …