After almost 650 posts, a few thousand comments and seven years, I’m finally bidding goodbye to this particular blog.
It’s been a long time and covered a vast portion of major events in my life. Some happy, some sad and some unpublished.
As it cliché this time of year, I’ve resolved to write more. Right up until [...]

Since its release a couple of weeks ago, I’ve spent a bunch of time playing around with Aperture 3. With the exception of one problem, I absolutely love it.
The library import/export/merge functionality is exactly what I need to manage multiple libraries from my desktop and laptop. The selective brushing in and out of any adjustment [...]

Unlike other years, I’ve given my 2010 resolutions some extra time to marinate before deciding properly on what to include or exclude. Rather than looking for personal shortcomings that require rectification, I’ve tried to look for things that invoke a sense of excitement in me. I figure that I’m far more likely to achieve goals [...]

2009 Resolutions
PASS Finish my PhD Thesis
PASS Back to NZ
FAIL Write an Application for the iPhone
PARTIAL Eat Better
FAIL Play with Video
PASS Start Post-Processing my Photos
That’s a neat little list, but what really happened?
My personal world changed considerably throughout 2009. One of the primary factors motivating my move to Perth was the desire to step outside my [...]

I find resolutions to be a strange ritual. The ability to meet goals set for such an extended period of time requires considerable levels of initiative, self determination and that intrinsic sense of motivation that seems to be such a rare and precious quality. Conversely, setting resolutions for no other reason than the passage from [...]