In 2020 I’m answering a list of 52 journal questions. Read about it here. A few small things that make you happy.It really doesn’t take much to make me happy. Lots of small things will bring a smile to my face. I’ve tried to pick my top 3, but it’s really hard to choose! 1.…
Articles from July 2020
BOM update fail!
A few weeks ago I talked about the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) and their weather app. If you remember, I was not happy my favourite feature of the app had been taken away and it hadn’t returned. Guess what, they’ve updated the app! But in a huge FAIL, I still don’t have my “feels…
#Neighborsfromhell
I’m really lucky, we actually have pretty good neighbours. Some to wave and say hi, others to have a chinwag and give them our key when we are away. But I know not everyone is as fortunate. I stumbled across #neighborsfromhell on Instagram (note for any Aussies/Brits/Kiwis here that it is “neighbors” without the “u”).…
Social distancing ingenuity
I have to laugh on the things people are doing in these weird times. This was advertised recently on the Gold Coast (in Queensland). Personally, I thought bikes were a natural social distancing form of exercise without the added chain saw. I guess it does mean you don’t have to pedal though. Have you seen…
The theremin
Have you ever heard of a theremin? It’s a musical instrument, although to play it you don’t actually touch it. It is electronic and the two antenna sense where the musician’s (a thereminist) hands are. According to Wikipedia, “the relative position of the thereminist’s hands … control oscillators for frequency with one hand, and amplitude…