tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41362322012-01-19T18:41:59.099+11:00Hume Winzar's experiment in letting friends and relatives know how I'm going in my travels, without having to go to the trouble of actually communicating directly with any of them.Hume Winzarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01434584561164689753noreply@blogger.comBlogger591100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136232.post-80690300423773333372012-01-19T18:40:00.000+11:002012-01-19T18:41:59.101+11:00

Weekend of 14-15 January, I took a Tow Endorsement course in preparation for the SIV course later in the month. This is the final flight. Thanks for Roger Stanford (Winch-operator & organiser), and Chris Rogers (Instructor) Getting ready Lift the wing Take up Slack Go! Go! Go! One step and ... airborne A little left break to control yaw Past

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Extracted from an email exchange with a student today: Hello X, I was wondering why it has taken you until Week#13 to notice that there wasn't a grade recorded for you for an assignment submitted in Week#4, but your records have answered it for me. There isn't a grade for the assignment because you didn't do the assignment. BlackBoard records show that you accessed the site only once in the

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Northern Beaches goes to Bright from Hume Winzar on Vimeo.Kirstin organised a group to travel to the legendary Mystic Hill, Bright in Northern Victoria over the Labour Day Weekend, October 2009. Nine enthusiastic novices, with experience ranging from 60+ hours to about 10 minutes, took part. Rain and fickle wind ruined much of the five days, but we had a great time, expanded our skills and

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Sometimes the deities smile and the reasons we become academics converge and we have a great time as both scholars and lovers of life. This last weekend has been pretty good. I presented a research paper on Friday, curtesy of the Business School at University of Adelaide. The topic was my ongoing study on application of Complexity Theory to undrestanding consumer/market behaviour. There were

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These images posted, with permission, from the Gallery at fishrock.com.au A belated post summarising a part of my journey to Sydney from Brisbane. My first plan was to make a circuitous route from Brisbane along the coast and then inland to the town of Manilla over perhaps two weeks. But that really was going to be more driving than it was worth. First stop was South West Rocks, about an hour

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Acknowledgment: Picture by Stefan Brandlehner on Flickr i.e. those are Stefan's feet, not mine. But they could have been.I've been wanting to fly Rainbow for a while now. In fact I and two of my flying buddies, Tashi and Reid, had arranged to go there several weeks ago, but the weather forecast was not encouraging. Now that I'm heading off to live in Sydney the project had taken on some

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I'm progressively getting better at paragliding. I'm still pumped after an excellent flight this afternoon at Beechmont, inland from the Gold Coast. Ridge-soaring and some thermals that kept me up for more than 40 minutes! Next weekend we'll be up again. These pics taken by my daughter, Grace. That's me with the orange wing with "silver" trim. Tashi Sherpa has the custom purple wing.

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My grandson, Charles Francis Fleming, was born last week. Mother, Lauren, is tired & sore but very happy. Charles is healthy. Father, Mitchell, is beside himself. And I am officially old. [Wt: 8 lb (3.6Kg) All fingers and toes. Feeding well.]

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I came to Adventure and Party City with the intention of taking another bungy jump off a high bridge, but that hasn't happened yet. Two days were spent with colleagues from Griffith Uni taking a brief holiday after the conference - main activities: drinking, eating, drinking, bonding, slandering previous heads-of-department, current deans, pro-vice-chancellors and associated sociopaths, and

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The ANZMAC conference in Dunedin, New Zealand, was a lot better than expected. I arrived a couple of days earlier to attend the Doctoral Colloquium with one of my PhD students, Jannie Adamsen. Jannie found it all really helpful to meet with other Doctoral candidates, potential examiners and professors who may be able to offer advise. It was fun for me too. Good to see how other candidates

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Sri Lanka is a wonderful country! I'm here for only a week and my dear friend Amal KarunaRatna, with whom I started my PhD program with about 20 years ago, is my host. It's also a poor country. Crippled by a constant war between the Singhalese Sri Lankans and the Tamil Tigers in the North for the country, plus inept and corrupt government and inefficient bureaucracy, the country has only

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I took a couple of days off to see Gallipoli, the site of the WWI fiasco that killed thousands of Australians and New Zealanders (and French and Canadians, and Britons) in a useless attempt to capture some territory held by Turkish forces so as to control the Bospherus Strait, linking he Mediterranean to the Black Sea. Many more Turks also were killed, so it's of great importance to them as well.

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From Braga, Portugal I probably didn't give Braga, Portugal, a fair chance. After all, the VirtualTtourist website lists the 800-year-old city as one of the beautiful cities in the world. It also says that in a very religiously conservative country the people of Braga are the most conservative, verging on fanatical. It certainly showed up in the city's total lack of any nightlife - I went

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Madrid and Barcelona were way too rushed. I spent too much time messing about making arrangements for trains and flights to and from places and too little time just enjoying the places themselves. Anyway, I did get to see some of the wonderful architecture of Gaudi in Barcelona: Park Guell, Casa Batllo, and the cathedral, La Sagrada Familia - still under construction. I got lost in Madrid

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From Last days in ...I succeeded in my first solo crossing of a Cairo street today, and I rode four times in a Cairo taxi in the last two days. So, having faced death, it's time to move on to another challenge. Off to Madrid where the Basque separatists have just announced that their "permanent ceasefire" has expired and they're all set to restart their campaigns. I'm in the cafeteria at Cairo

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From Diving in Dahab I'm staying an extra day in Dahab. I ate with the professional dive instructors from my dive shop last night and I was invited to a party tonight: a local restaurant has just recruited a former student of Jamie Oliver and this is his opening show. Why not stay? I miss a day in Cairo, and almost certainly loose any opportunity to easily take a day-trip to Alexandria. An

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I'd seen just about all of the amazing temples and monuments that I could handle for the moment so I made a spur of the moment decision to change my plans and take the plane from Luxor to Sharm El Sheikh on the night of the 29 May. My booking agent in Cairo and the people at the Luxor airport couldn't have been more helpful. They cancelled my train trip and hotel and bus for the next two days

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Rushed for the first part but wonderfully relaxing after. The 3:30am start to drive 300Km to Abu Simbel was a pain. Wonderful temple, incredible feat of engineering to move it up the hill away from the waters of the Aswan dam an' all, but was it worth the time and heat and fatigue? Not really. Still, I suppose I can now say that I've done it and seen it. The two day ride down the Nile in a

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Tired and dehydrated after a drive out to Aswan damn and to the Kiosk of Qirtassi which had to be moved 100 metres, piece by piece, to make way for the damn waters. Fabulous history surrounding the structure, which is in remarkable condition considering that this Roman-Egyption trading post (at least that not covered in sand for most of the last 2000 years) has been graffitied by all sorts of

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Pretty tired so I'm making this a brief one. It's end of day two and I've had a fabulous day tripping around the Saqqarrah pyramid and the Pyramids of Giza. They're old. Nearly 5000 years. And some of the paint is still on some of the relief paintings, and the hiroglyphs are amazing in their clarity and beauty. I'll tell more of the story accompanying the some of the pictures in my gallery (

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It's been a fairly full last few days. Of course I shoulda' coulda' woulda' several things but I didn't. Fortunately I have some friends who are so generous and so gracious. Despite several checks with the post office I couldn't send my suitcase full of winter clothes back to Australia, but Kurt and Barbara are taking care of it for me. Dennis helped me to pack by sitting there Sunday

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What great day of golfing! Dennis had booked a foursome at Kananaskis months in advance for Saturday. So the four was made up of Dennis, me, Kurt, and Patrick, the owner of the Ironwood Stage & Grill. It was the first time I'd had a chance to talk properly with Pat, since he was always at work when I saw him but, like his friends, he's a smart and engaging guy but with a razor wit.

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I'll claim it a sort of farewell for me. Dennis and Robin hosted yet another fabulous party. Only a week late for the Cinco de Mayo (5th of May) celebration, we made up a perfect mole negro, Robin prepared guacamole, bean salad, salsa and a superb turkey-taco green salad. There was way too much to drink. One highlight was the piñata - well two piñata - Robin & Dennis had prepared one and

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Saturday was a great day but the wind was just too temperamental for us learners. We met up at 8:00am at Muller WindSports in Cochran, just North of Calgary, for final briefing, and to practice the basics. I had a chance to inflate the kite and practice basic control manoeuvring and was all set to fly. Unfortunately only a half of the group had a chance to actually leave the ground for their

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Saturday was yet another fantastic night in Calgary. We started the evening with a simple but delicious meal chez Dennis & Robin, then primed with several beers, wine, and a solid shot of Absinthe, the three of us walked the long four blocks to the Ironwood Stage & Grill. There we took up posts at the bar - the rest of the place was packed - to listen to legendary Canadian composer/ guitarist

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Posted today at Mother Jones and it made me laugh. I thought I was just avoiding the horrible inanity of American news, but it turns out I'm being educated too. Update! 18 April: I just took a short version of The Pew News IQ Quiz and scored 100% (albeit with only 9 questions.) I'm in the top 4%. Watch the Daily Show? You're Smart. Read Blogs or Watch FOX? Not So Much It's always a treat when

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Last Tuesday I went to the Arlo Guthrie concert. Yes, the guy who sang Alice's Restaurant way back in 1967, the son of legendary singer/songwriter Woody Guthrie. Dennis & Robin had a spare ticket and were kind enough to offer it to me. A wonderful night!On stage were members of Arlo's family: son on keyboard and daughter and son-in-law playing guitars and another playing slide-guitar and

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Tuesday 20 March. Today is the Vernal Equinox - we have exactly 12 hours daylight, and when we officially start Spring. That's not a big deal in Brisbane where the transition from Summer to Winter is marked not so much by a change in the weather but by a slight reduction in the amount of rain, and that doesn't even apply this year because SE-Qld is suffering a terrible drought. In most of Canada,

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Another excellent weekend at Cowley Part 1 Arrived with Bob and Kurt on Friday night to meet Susan and Sandy who had prepared gourmet hamburgers for dinner. As usual, great conversation and plans for tomorrow. Relatively early night. Saturday Sandy, Bob, Kurt and I travelled to Castle Mountain Ski Resort for another great day. Bob's expert instruction had me keeping my weight forward with

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Sunday couldn't have been better. The temperature at Lake Louise was around +5c but the snow was still light and dry. Dennis was taking step-son, Myles, to the snow for the day and they very kindly invited me along. I'm starting to get the hang of this skiing caper - keeping my weight forward, smooth transitions. It all makes for ability to handle steeper and rougher sections, more confidence

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Reading Week is supposed to be a week for students to catch up with readings and to prepare for the meaty part of the semester. However, like Spring Break for the Americans, it is actually an opportunity to take a week off partying in Mexico, or Banff, or anywhere where there isn't a textbook.Here's the result of an exchange I had with one clever student...Hello Hume This is Kenneth H** from

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click for photo album At last I attended the Ice Climbing course offered through the U. Calgary Outdoor Centre. Quite a day. First task was a wonderful walk through the King's Creek gorge off Highway 40, just before the gate where the highway is closed for the winter. The gorge is probably on 20 metres at its widest spot with very steep snowy slopes up either side. A beautiful creek runs

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I had a relatively quiet day today. I had a fairly late night just round the corner at the King Henry VIII pub on 8th Avenue - a little reward for myself for completing all my assignment grading yesterday. So I got up late and then had to collect a pair of mountaineering boots from the outdoor centre on campus. Mid-afternoon I walked East down 9th Avenue to the IronWood Stage & Grill, about

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It's -20c outside right now. It seems that's quite normal in many parts of Canada at this time of year. I'm surprised that I'm handling it quite well. At least for the little time I have to be on the street. It's only about two blocks from my apartment block to the c-train, and another 100 metres from the University station to my office. It was a little more brisk this evening walking the four

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The view from my apartment balcony at 9:00am. It's snowing again today in Calgary. Nothing unusual in that, except that the humidity is unusually high at 85% or more. Typically it's in the low 50s - very dry. This humidity is making it icy on the roads. A dozen accidents were reported this morning. The morning TV news showed a wonderful scene of a large 4WD spinning slowly along the street

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From Cowley14Jan2007 Just returned in few minutes ago from a fabulous weekend South near the Castle Mountain ski resort. We didn't go anywhere near the resort - we wre on the castle river in a lovely house overlooking the Rocky's to the West and the Montana's to the South-West.A walk on the frozen lake first thing in the morning and we saw a family of coyote crossing the ice, and mink tracks in

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This appeared in today's ZDNET newsletter about the new iPhone from Apple. I wonder if SD will be intersted in buying one when/if it appears in Australia. Personally I'd wait for version II when all of the bugs have been ironed out. iPhone blows away expectations by ZDNet's Ed Burnette -- Once in a while, the truth can be wilder than the rumors. Such was the case today at MacWorld 2007, where

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Bald Rock National Park is a continuation of Giraween National Park but on the NSW side of the border with Qld.It's a rather spectacular climb. More interesting than but not quite as steep as the climb up "the Pyramids" at Giraween.

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Giraween National Park is about 3 hours drive South West from Brisbane, close to the wine and stone-fruit producing town of Stanthorp. Granite boulders make this a fascinating place. Strange that most of the people around were International tourists. With only a week before Christmas I thought the camping grounds and motels would be all full.

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  Ferris, Anette, Kym, Leonie-Marie, me, Maraike, Pauline in the Campus Club after our last class in Advanced Market Modelling, October 2006. Relief for all! 

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  Pauline Tang and Mirawati Hitati celebrate doing a damn good job in my Advanced Marketing Modelling course this last semester. These guys, and the whole class, really made me proud with their hard work and real productivity. 

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Nearly all is confirmed. I'm departing Brisbane for Calgary on 29 December. (New year's eve on the evening after I arrive!) This link (hopefully) takes you to my current itinerary 29 December: Brisbane, Sydney, San Francisco, Vancouver, Calgary Calgary (20 May), London, Barcelona (21 May), Istanbul (5 Jun), Cairo (12 Jun), London (26 Jun), Singapore, Colombo (27 Jun), Singapore, Brisbane (6

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Roumour has it that GBS faculty will be issued with new keyboards with customised functions to improve productivity.   

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  An etching in the Museum of Erotica, Paris. I thought the whole set was wonderful, funny and sexy. 

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 Steven and Isabell - Beautiful 

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Receiving quotes for our Paris conference trip. Feeling very excited. Hopefully we can use my research support funds to pay for Ellen's conference travel and registration.

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Brilliant! I've just added this to my teaching site for Interactive Marketing. I'd love to be able to do this for other sites. I'll keep an eye out... Add digg news to your website: "include digg news on your site You can easily add digg news to your own website. When news is updated on digg, it will automatically be displayed right on your own site. Choose your options below and follow the

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Now this blolg, Number 43 on the top 50, is more fun to read, but like so many other liberals, and I guess I have to include myself from time to time, the focus seems to be on minute quotidian issues rather than the bigger picture. AMERICAblog: Because a great nation deserves the truth

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One of the top 50 blogs on the Net, New York Magazine calls #42 Little Green Footballs A rabidly conservative war blog. The source of so much Net controversy that it spawned a watchdog, LGF.blogspot.com. lgf: you know you're over the target when you start receiving flak Kind of scary that these mad right-wingers occasionally make some sense...

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This looks like an excellent tool and I'm installing it right now on my office PC and on my home PC. I confess though some small niggling feeling that this device could be used for spyware - It seems that the toolbar checks with it's home data base for each of the sites I visit. We'll see how we go... Netcraft Toolbar

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It's about time! Australian 'phishing' websites shut down - General - News - smh.com.au: "Australian 'phishing' websites shut down May 24, 2005 - 11:47AM Australian government agencies have shut down more than a dozen websites that sought to solicit credit card details from unsuspecting consumers. The 13 Australian sites were among almost 1400 closed in a global crackdown on 'phishing'

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demonstrating the Blog-this function in Firefox for Robin. Firefox Central

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Snaring the scammers - Icon - Technology - smh.com.au: "Snaring the scammers By Nicole Manktelow May 7, 2005 One auction customer who'd had enough set out to catch a crook. Psst! Buddy, have I got a deal for you!' Such was the offer that triggered a personal crusade to find an online auction fraudster."

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I don't know where this is getting to but I like the headline...As the iPod Stays Hot, It Risks Losing Its Cool - New York Times I'm also learning yet again the I'm am so terribly unhip.

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At last a comprehensive set of anti-spyware software. And I'm proud to say I have most of these. And I still got caught last week. Download.com congratulates self for filtering spyware and Other Spyware cleaners Stories : Lifehacker

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A Blog Revolution? Get a Grip - New York Times

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Procrastinating again. This time I've avoiding 73 Masters assignments in Interactive Marketing. Some seem okay, I just can't bring myself to facing them all. But I'll make a start. As soon as I've finished playing with this toy.

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--- cut --- Eats, Blogs & Leaves By Jennifer Garrett One person's revolution is another person's pain. Just ask Lynne Truss, the author of Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation. A self-described stickler for punctuation, she despairs at the misplaced apostrophe, the erroneous colon, the dangling comma — all of which are far too commonplace on the internet,

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Marking Assignments and wondering what goes on in a student's head. Why would you spend 15 pages going over a SWOT analysis and Porter's 5 forces and other cliched environmental analyses and then totally ignore them when developing a strategy? Pointless.

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