In 2018, Brendan and Rikki Endsley co-chaired USENIX LISA. I was, as usual, along for the ride, but also managed to pull off a surprise birthday party for Brendan.
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Christmas Day Walk
On a perfect Australian Christmas day, with warm, clear weather (finally!) we walked along the Esplanade in South Cronulla.
Gender, sex, and all that jazz
The transgender “issue” has come increasingly to the forefront of social consciousness in many parts of the world, and I’m baffled at the desperate attempts of some to feel threatened by trans people. My experience of transgenderism (as of so many things) is unusual.
I lived five years of my childhood in Bangkok. My dad and stepmother lived in Thailand again while I was in high school, so I spent several vacations from boarding school there as well. While I never studied Thailand in depth (as I did India), Thai culture seeped into my consciousness, admittedly through the filters of expat life.
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Cape Solander
We live near Kamay/Botany Bay National Park, went for a bit of a walk yesterday as far as Tabbigai Gap – it’s possible to go all the way around the cape, but we weren’t prepared for that. On the way back we took an inland trail through the bush.
Woodstock School in 2022
Photos from my September, 2022, visit to Woodstock and Mussoorie. Slideshow below, or view the whole gallery.
