A Journal Melange....

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To finish off my year's work here I have decided to have a bit of holiday: Bali, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. All booked and ready to fly...

High weirdness in the tech world: Ministry email clients can send mail, but they are not being recieved at the other end. There is no bounce messages. Ditto to anything sent to Ministry email addresses. And I don't have the foggiest why this is happening. I've given a general appeal for "help" to both the nameserver and to the UNDP. Any comments by cluey techs in the livejournal world is thoroughly appreciated.

There is good news with the departure of a particular international worker (not a volunteer) from this place. A former Ambassador who betrayed his own country, he was an extraordinary lazy individual (I am struggling to find evidence that he did any work whatsoever), an empire-builder and one who had a terrible propensity to tell falsehoods in meetings. He also didn't like being caught out either. No, not at all .

In thesis news I have finished another subsection of a subchapter (hey, these subchapters are about 10,000 words each, OK?) on Enablement: Physical Disability and Technical Limitations. I must admit I've learnt a lot on the conceptual and empirical level on this matter over the past several days. There are some particularly good resources out there, not the least being the proceedings of the California State University's Technology and Persons With Disabilities Annual Conference".

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Re: Hmmmm.....

[bodgirl.livejournal.com]

I like the bits of W.A. that I have seen so far. I found that Perth, of all the other capital cities in Australia, is the most like Brisbane. I am hoping to visit Perth again before the end of the year.

I have done the drive from Brisbane to Cairns a couple of times. Stopping in small towns along the way and having a relaxing drive along the coast road.

Nothing like it :)