I’ve just launched my blog into space on Mind Comet.
This is where blogosphere meets atmosphere: The free service beams web feeds of blogs into deep space via a powerful satellite broadcast.
In my site description I entered: “The daily life and personal opinions of Michael Gorey: A resident of Porepunkah, Victoria, Australia, Earth.”
The Blog in Space [...]
I flirted with Fedora as my Linux option of choice for a couple of months, but I’ve now returned to Mepis.
I first used Fox, which is a promising Fedora derivative. I’ll revisit Fox when they move out of beta mode and improve their English version. It has a great look and feel, and the update [...]
Master and Commander by Patrick O’Brian is a delightful book and a wonderful starting point for anyone interested in nautical fiction.
It’s the first in O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin series and I’m glad I started here, as it sets the scene for future novels.
Jack Aubrey is a frustrated lieutenant waiting in a Mediterranean port for his first command [...]
I watched an excellent French movie on SBS last night called The Closet, starring Daniel Auteuil, Gerard Depardieu and Thierry Lhermitte.
The main character was a nice, dull accountant who learns that he’s about to be sacked and contemplates suicide.
A new-found friend persuades him to pretend that he’s a homosexual, thereby raising the spectre of discrimination [...]
I’m reading my Jeeves books by PG Wodehouse
again after an absence of more than 15 years. I can say it’s an
absolute pleasure to read these whimsical, happy stories.
There’s nothing sad, hurtful or serious about Jeeves and Bertie Wooster. The books are just pure fun.
The language and social customs are old fashioned by today’s standards, but [...]
