My mates Ged and Mul insist that we start every trip with a Fact Finder. Given a couple of hours to kill this week, Oliver and I went to the The Oaks at Neutral Bay to maintain this tradition. The Oaks Hotel has been a landmark on Military Rd since 1885, although the eponymous Oak [...]
Guerilla Gardening and the Royal WeedingApril 28, 2011
Guerilla Gardeners have declared war on the urban landscape. In disguise, under cover, armed with specialised equipment, they are laying un-waste to desolate plots and barren corners in our cities. Guerrilla gardening – gardening without permission. Richard Reynolds is the godfather of Guerilla Gardening in London, and his site guerillagardening.org has lots of tips and [...] |
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Royal Wedding Dress Rehearsal ExclusiveApril 27, 2011
Here at WILT we have acquired an underground copy of a secret video of the dress rehearsal for the Royal Wedding.We believe it is our duty to do the Julian Assange thing and make it available to all. Posted via email from What I Learnt Today |
Bluesfest 2011: Blowin’ in the wind….crunchy day reportApril 27, 2011
See the full gallery on Posterous The 6th and final night of the Byron Bay Bluefest featured Bob Dylan, Paul Kelly, Gurrumal and Elvis Costllo – as well as Bryon’s traditional Easter rain. Gumboots were again the fashion item de rigeur – 20000 people each day leaves a toll on the Tyagatah fields. Walking through [...] |
Paddy Bugden, VCApril 25, 2011
Paddy Bugden is Alstonville’s favourite hero. And why wouldn’t he be – handsome, brave, a fine footballer, a war hero – and his dad owned the only pub in town! After WW1 started, as soon as he was old enough to successfully lie about his age, Paddy left the comforts of ‘The Federal Hotel’ and [...] |
Easter Eggs – the Virtual KindApril 24, 2011
This article is about Easter Eggs – No, not the sort you’ve eaten too many of today. Easter Eggs are hidden features that programmers place in their applications that only those ‘in the know’ can access. Here is an Easter Egg you may like to try. Let me know about your favorite in the comments. [...] |
Is Chocolate Good For You?April 23, 2011
Will you have to hunt to for chocolate tomorrow? Chocolate is made from the fermented and roasted beans of the cacoa tree, which is native to South America. It has been cultivated there for almost 3000 years, traditionally mixed with water, chilli and vanilla and taken as a drink. It has always been considered a [...] |
Sports People are AwesomeApril 22, 2011
Will’s Good Friday compilation – sports people doing extraordinary things. Posted via email from What I Learnt Today |
Follow Up ThenApril 22, 2011
More and more of the stuff we need to do arrives via our email Inbox. For many of us, it has become our main ‘tasks list’. ‘Inbox Zero’ is that joyful state where we have dealt with everything in our Inbox. Llike Zen monks, we can celebrate ‘the empty mind’ FollowUpThen is a simple [...] |
Why Is It So – Should you run or walk in the rainApril 20, 2011
If you’re caught in the rain without an umbrella, will you get less wet if you run or walk? I remember Grunter, Luke and I having this discussion at school. Luke came up with a thought experiment – if you could run at infinitesimal speed, you would not get wet on the head but would [...] |
