As much as every teacher wants…

As much as every teacher wants to be known as a maven, today is not looking like that day… Now maverick on the other hand…

Huzzah! Exciting new twitter-y…

Huzzah! Exciting new twitter-y word game @artwiculate just went public. Get your vocab on. http://artwiculate.com RT @stuartmjohnston

Blurb.com Booksmart in Linux

I’ve been trying to use the BookSmart software from the quite brilliant Blurb.com on my computer running Ubuntu. Their BookSmart software is designed for Windows and Mac only, so I downloaded the Windows version and tried it under Wine. There’s a little trick to getting it to work without crashing once it’s installed. Run winecfg […]

Celebrating Talk Like a Pirate…

Celebrating Talk Like a Pirate day with a little extra swashbuckle

First look at the new Karmic Koala Ubuntu Netbook Remix

I’ve been using Ubuntu Netbook Remix on my Eee-PC 701 since before they released it, so well over a year now. Before that, I had vanilla Ubuntu installed, but always felt there had to be a better way to fit just a little more into the very few pixels that Asus had blessed me with. […]

The whole story of the bible (in 3 minutes)

From my talk on Sunday about following Jesus’ command to love God and one another. Before the beginning  there was nothing, only God. Complete in himself, the relationship of Trinity defined in love, but longing to extend that relationship. So God dreamed. People, giving themselves completely in love to each other and to God. Such […]

Terrible customer service from…

Terrible customer service from @themusicking – 2.5 months is too long, even for a refund. @dolphinmusic were great, I got a mic the next day

Do I have the wherewithal to f…

Do I have the wherewithal to finish tomorrow’s talk, tidy the house, find the inlaws and remember to hang out the washing… we’ll see

I walked into a kid today. lit…

I walked into a kid today. literally. his head, my jaw. almost knocked me down, a TA run out to see why he hit me.

Photos from Australia and Sing…

Photos from Australia and Singapore on flickr – dm for a guest pass http://su.pr/1aVxSx