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tcpipArrived in Wellington having yesterday for Multicore World having taken the midnight to dawn flight from Melbourne. With little else open at that time, we had a long buffet breakfast at Chameleon before making an early checkin at The Setup which can be recommended; whilst the rooms are small, it's inexpensive, modern, comfortable, and in an excellent location. After a typical visit to the excellent Arty Bees bookstore, joined a number of others at the pre-conference drinks at the Foxglove Bar (thank you Nvidia). To say the least Wellington harbour is quite beautiful on a summer sunset. Actually, Wellington is pretty nice all the time; it's thoroughly charming and despite its rather low population it is quite dense with an excellent mix of modern and historic buildings.
Only a completely different tangent, organised an interview with a Syrian refugee in Turkey. Like many like him, he's found himself in a situation where he's effectively a stateless person, a rather desperate situation to be in. In the meantime, there is an agreement between the major world powers for a cessation of hostilities, which has been rejected by the Syrian government, as Turkey continues to attack Kurdish positions.
In Australia, increasingly lagging behind the rest of the developed world, a continuing issue is marriage equality. A Federal MP, Andrew Broad, has recently raised the thoroughly weird argument for opposition: "I can put the rams in the paddock and they might mount one another but no lambs will come out." I could not help but write to the member seeking elaboration on this principle. Whilst obviously opposition to marriage equality is increasingly perplexing and bizarre, as is the proposal for a non-binding plebiscite. What can be suggested as a clear observation that whilst opponents of marriage equality are inevitably going to lose this debate, they're doing their very best to delay and determine how they lose.
Only a completely different tangent, organised an interview with a Syrian refugee in Turkey. Like many like him, he's found himself in a situation where he's effectively a stateless person, a rather desperate situation to be in. In the meantime, there is an agreement between the major world powers for a cessation of hostilities, which has been rejected by the Syrian government, as Turkey continues to attack Kurdish positions.
In Australia, increasingly lagging behind the rest of the developed world, a continuing issue is marriage equality. A Federal MP, Andrew Broad, has recently raised the thoroughly weird argument for opposition: "I can put the rams in the paddock and they might mount one another but no lambs will come out." I could not help but write to the member seeking elaboration on this principle. Whilst obviously opposition to marriage equality is increasingly perplexing and bizarre, as is the proposal for a non-binding plebiscite. What can be suggested as a clear observation that whilst opponents of marriage equality are inevitably going to lose this debate, they're doing their very best to delay and determine how they lose.
