http://bits.8the.net digital connections Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:42:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en as midnight bell sounds a single wave washes clean scent of further shore http://bits.8the.net/2009/11/04/come/ At this time of year it is not safe to ride without at least one WMD - or 'Weapon of Magpie Distraction' for the uninitiated. I find magpies particularly distracting while I'm riding, so I'd really like to return the favour by making a few of them feel really distracted. ... http://bits.8the.net/2009/10/31/wmds/ This time 40 years ago I was nine years old, discovering Jazz at night on the old valve radio my parents had given me (and yet to discover or have any particular interest in popular music) and breakfast cereal boxes had charts and pictures and cards and models of rockets ... http://bits.8the.net/2009/07/20/apollo-lunar-surface-journal/ There were two surprises to come out of the announcement of the national broadband network this week. The first was that the government got it right. I'd been hoping and praying for the last few months that they would have the balls and the vision and they have exceeded my ... http://bits.8the.net/2009/04/09/the-digital-divide/ People who mainly talk about themselves are hard to be around. Anything that tries to exist just for its own benefit gets to be pretty pointless after a while. It is one of the basic facts of the universe that things are most useful, most significant, most themselves when they ... http://bits.8the.net/2009/03/15/maybe-facebook-is-finally-becoming-interesting/ Me and Mrs Jo We've got a thing going on I'll miss her so bad. She shows me our God. A light before the sunrise To have and to hold. http://bits.8the.net/2008/10/19/in-swan-hill-for-a-couple-of-days/ As I was just starting to drift into sleep last night I had a sort of dream about following / hunting some deer at the edge of a forest at dusk. It was like we were cavemen or something - but with hi-tech tracking devices - or very good noses ... http://bits.8the.net/2008/06/25/oh-deer/ Last week we had a bunch of lovely interesting people come and visit for our open week. Its a great opportunity for some to take a step back from 'normal' life and into an experience of living breathing practical Christian community. Visitors sample our everyday life of learning together, working ... http://bits.8the.net/2007/10/19/the-big-picture/ http://bits.8the.net/2007/09/27/live-in-your-head/ Can I? These are some reduced shots from my phone camera during my daily rides this weekend, and some I have taken with my other camera around home over the last couple of weeks. A camera can't do the world justice. Beauty is intoxicating - sometimes more than I can ... http://bits.8the.net/2007/09/09/spring-cant-help-itself/