I love the work of Common Craft who produce a variety of presentations for work, home or pleasure on the intricacies of life. Often I am asked to explain how something happens. Immediately the mind goes into spin mode followed quickly by rinse, spin, dry and repeat. That’s where Common Craft come in. They do a great job of making the complicated seem simple or...

This is the one I was waiting for. I tried the Bible web-apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch (which I use) and it just wasn’t the same as my favourite Bible reader from my friends at Olivetree. I’ve been using their software for sometime on my Windows Mobile (formerly Pocket PC) devices. The beauty and attraction of the Olivetree software for me has always...

This weekend I received an email from PayPal advising me they had found and stopped someone fraudulently using my PayPal account. This ranged from them buying goods on eBay to making a donation to an American literacy organisation. Hmmm crooks with a conscience! Now let me start by saying, "Thanks PayPal"! They did stop the naughty wee crooks and their...

A friend on Facebook sent me this video and its a knockout. I couldn’t believe how powerful ‘two’ statements could be in one short refrain. Take a look at this presentation and ask yourself what would I put on the front and back of one piece of broken down cardboard grocery box. The leader at the end asks a beautiful question; ‘What if we were...

            Australian Citizenship Pledge  From this time forward, under God, I pledge my loyalty to Australia and its people,  Whose democratic beliefs I share, Whose rights and liberties I respect, and whose laws I will uphold and obey.  This was a big moment for my family and I back on the 7th September 2005. On...

Have just been taking time to upgrade my new laptop with my usual suite of software. The changover to Windows Vista Ultimate is so far entertaining, nervously exciting and yet familiar. At least most of my favourite keyboard short-cuts return the results I need to manage my way around. What was disappointing is that on loading Firefox and the Skype, I was missing my...