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Partings

Wed, 12 Jul 2017 13:28:17 +1000

by Mark Whybird

Sometimes a part of you
leaves on a plane
And you’re sad in a way
that is hard to explain
‘Cause you know that they’re going
to have a great time
And you know that they’ll only
be gone for a while

But you miss them.

Sometimes a part of you
catches a bus
To work or to school -
so what’s the big fuss?
You know that there’s nothing
to worry about
You know that they love you
without any doubt

But you miss them.

Sometimes a part of you
goes for a walk
And you never suspected
the last time you talked
Was the last that you’d see
of them during their life

And you miss them.

I wore this shirt especially for #piday today. I hardly expected...

Sat, 14 Mar 2015 18:31:36 +1000

I wore this shirt especially for #piday today. I hardly expected masses of recognition, but I would have thought someone might have at least had a slight flicker of recognition at some point. Oh well.

It’s a graph! Seen recently on the show @midnight on SBS.

Sun, 08 Mar 2015 09:20:29 +1000

It’s a graph!

Seen recently on the show @midnight on SBS.

This crazy alien horizon is actually a real sunrise on Earth

Wed, 14 Jan 2015 17:03:25 +1000

This crazy alien horizon is actually a real sunrise on Earth:

Photographed in Red River, New Mexico, on January 9, this is one of the most beautiful sunrises I’ve ever seen. While it looks photoshopped (or alien), in reality, the combination of arcs and halos is caused by an extremely rare combination of phenomena.

National Anthem of STRAYA (to the tune of Hey Ya)

Wed, 14 Jan 2015 17:02:22 +1000

National Anthem of STRAYA (to the tune of Hey Ya):

Outkast’s ‘Hey Ya’ reworked into the unofficial national anthem of 'Straya’ (a.k.a Australia). LYRICS: My country don’t share no borders 'Cos of all the wate…

Clever furniture

Mon, 05 Jan 2015 09:29:25 +1000

Clever furniture:

This is awesome!

WATCH: This will revolutionise education - ScienceAlert

Wed, 03 Dec 2014 21:13:48 +1000

WATCH: This will revolutionise education - ScienceAlert

Jellyfish Stinging in MICROSCOPIC SLOW MOTION

Mon, 25 Aug 2014 21:13:01 +1000

Jellyfish Stinging in MICROSCOPIC SLOW MOTION:

This is both very cool, and involving my old Uni ;)

Ferguson Cops Once Beat an Innocent Man and Then Charged Him With BLEEDING ON THEIR UNIFORMS - Lowering the Bar

Sat, 16 Aug 2014 22:17:59 +1000

Ferguson Cops Once Beat an Innocent Man and Then Charged Him With BLEEDING ON THEIR UNIFORMS - Lowering the Bar:

You can’t make this stuff up.

crocobaby: Do you think every president goes through a awkward first few weeks in office when...

Sat, 16 Aug 2014 21:53:15 +1000

crocobaby:

Do you think every president goes through a awkward first few weeks in office when they’re not sure when’s the right time to ask if aliens are real or not?

Photo

Sat, 16 Aug 2014 21:52:47 +1000

What Happens to #Ferguson Affects Ferguson

Fri, 15 Aug 2014 09:16:00 +1000

What Happens to #Ferguson Affects Ferguson:

Net neutrality, and the consequence of letting algorithms (eg Facebook’s) determine what news we see, an example from #Ferguson

First-person Hyperlapse Videos

Tue, 12 Aug 2014 21:05:22 +1000

First-person Hyperlapse Videos:

Microsoft Research do some really nice stuff sometimes.

Seattle Still Looking for Skull Donors - Lowering the Bar

Fri, 01 Aug 2014 08:17:17 +1000

Seattle Still Looking for Skull Donors - Lowering the Bar:

I just appeared on one of my favourite blogs!

No, seriously - right down the bottom there, after the word “Update”, it says “Thanks, Mark!”. True!

The secret of Minecraft

Sat, 26 Jul 2014 15:28:53 +1000

The secret of Minecraft:

Profoundness, in blocks.

Count to ten when a plane goes down...

Fri, 25 Jul 2014 08:58:05 +1000

Count to ten when a plane goes down...:

johncbeck:

Just a little under 31 years ago, I played a key role in a conspiracy theory that grew up around a passenger plane downed by a Russian missile. Trust me, I did not mean to be involved.

On September 1, 1983, Korean Airlines flight 007, a Boeing 747 with 269 passengers, was shot down over the…

Wow. Sometimes a single keystroke / UI issue really can have profound effects.

My heart goes out to all the victims if that tragedy and the more recent one.

"Weird Al" Yankovic - Word Crimes - YouTube

Sun, 20 Jul 2014 09:42:59 +1000

"Weird Al" Yankovic - Word Crimes - YouTube:

Links nicely to my previous post :) Loving this new album by weird Al

Who is Banana?

Fri, 18 Jul 2014 09:20:35 +1000

My workplace has started getting fruit boxes in for us, which is awesome.

They happily announced this starting with an Employee Communication whimsically titled “We’ve Gone Banana’s!”

Ok, now I am painfully aware that I tend to spell poorly, so I rarely criticise when the thing that I do tend to notice - incorrect apostrophes - comes up - but the thing with this is that the headlines of the most recent 20 or so Employee Communications like this appear on the main intranet page - which I see many times each day. And with that there, every time I do, my eye can’t help but jump to it while my brain goes “Who is Banana?”, “Banana’s WHAT?”, and “How can the words ‘We’ve gone’ possibly fit into that sentence?” - all at once. It sort of hurts.

So, despite myself, I sent then an email begging them to change it.

I hope they do.

It’s driving me’s pear.

Brilliant. Turn it upside down.

Wed, 25 Jun 2014 21:30:03 +1000

Brilliant. Turn it upside down.

A potential blood test for clinical depression!

Sat, 03 May 2014 12:21:22 +1000

A potential blood test for clinical depression!:

This is very cool.