This is perhaps the hardest thing I've ever had to write. There is a lot of emotion behind the words I write here, and I'm trying to keep that out. If you were expecting the latest snippet of technical insight from me, I'm sorry. Maybe next time. This post is about me. In the first … Continue reading Hi, I’m Vic… and I have depression
Category: Life
As I type this, 2011 draws to a close (in this timezone at least) -- in fact if I keep going long enough it'll be my first post to span two years. I would like to have blogged a bit more in 2011. It's not like I had any shortage of things to write about, … Continue reading Another year over…
I had two book-related experiences today, one of which was obvious and prompted this post. The other I had almost forgotten about, but should not have. First, the one I forgot. I went to the shopping centre today (Garden City, in Upper Mt Gravatt) with my seven-year-old son. On the way there we were discussing … Continue reading My local Borders is no more
For some time I've been feeling moody and generally unhappy. My ability to become frustrated with things that go wrong is ever-increasing, and my tolerance fuse seems to be ever-shortening. Co-incident with those feelings was the real physical manifestation of almost constant weariness -- waking up tired, never-ending back and shoulder pain, and so on. … Continue reading Burnt out
On Saturday (a couple of days ago as I type this) I volunteered to assist the cleanup in Brisbane's suburbs -- the city council organised volunteering locations where you could sign up and be transported to places that needed help. The process was well organised, except at the location I went to where the buses … Continue reading My flood volunteering day
I was four or five years old when Brisbane encountered its last major flood disaster in 1974. I have vague memories -- so vague I don't know for sure if they are real or imagined -- of looking out the front window of the house we lived in at the time and seeing the water … Continue reading Floods in Brisbane
I recently spent a week in Amsterdam, attending the Novell BrainShare conference there. This visit to Amsterdam was unlike any I've made before: certainly unlike the last one, where I barely made it halfway from the airport to the city and was there for less than 40 hours. Firstly my arrival was disrupted by the … Continue reading Amsterdam trip report
Since I've been back home now for almost a month, it seems silly to call these posts "travel updates". 🙂 With the experience of visiting le Viaduc de Millau still buzzing in my head, I pointed my trusty Peugeot back toward Montpellier for the journey to Germany. The run down the mountain back toward the … Continue reading Travel report: Driving to Sindelfingen
Seems like ages ago I watched that episode of Top Gear where they took a Ford GT, a Pagani Zonda and a Ferrari F430 from Paris to the Millau Viaduct. At the time, I didn't figure that I'd have any opportunity to see the bridge in the near future, but nonetheless subliminally noted it as … Continue reading Travel update: le Viaduc de Millau
There I was, standing in the Paris Gare de Lyon looking like an idiot staring at the trains on the platforms. I was about to experience my first trip on TGV! I took a few photos then loaded my gear on the train (big bag in the luggage space at the end of the carriage, … Continue reading Travel update: On to Montpellier
Crossed Wires 