Observations on Being a Weekend Father, Creating New Memories & Figuring Life Out
My four day weekend was only meant to be for the U2 Concert at the AAMI Stadium - but today took a turn for the worse. Arriving home late this afternoon, we spotted white smoke drifting up the valley. Oh no, we thought, somewhere lower down the hill a fire had been deliberately started. Thinking... Continue Reading →
Last night was the most fantastic night of my life. Other than my marriage-day, U2 was definitely a concert worth waiting for. Arriving at the stadium at 5.00pm, I thought it would be filled already - but no, not even a third full. Having a great seat on the Eastern side of the stand, our... Continue Reading →
For the last couple of days, my mind has been as dry as a South Australian summer when it came to finding something worth blogging about... until today. Today, I'm telling you the story of how I became a lifelong U2 fan. Back in 1985, my younger brother and I were each given a cassette... Continue Reading →
Latest news about U2: U2 frontman Bono has topped a survey of the most influential pop stars of the last 25 years, commissioned to mark music channel MTV's quarter-centenary. Two more U2 sites worth visiting regularly! U2 in Adelaide in 2006
I had these printed in 22pt on the cubicle wall at my government day-job for over ten years. It helped. I cannot recall where I originally got it from - but it helps survive the days. It’s obviously aimed at a salesman, but can easily be used in anyone’s life. It's what keeps my entrepreneurial... Continue Reading →
If you are anything like me (and gawd forbid you are!), you’ll like your socks folded in half, not inside each other. You like your socks to be paired up with its twin, not dark brown with black. You like your socks all lined up from thickest to thinnest in your top drawer, easy to... Continue Reading →
Best quote of the day is: It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man... who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and... Continue Reading →
Three brilliant quotes from the mouth(/fingers?) of Christian Montoya: "I can put this technique to good use because I am a great CSS developer and I am creative. These are not popular skills but they are useful. If you put me on a team with a decent graphic designer we would do pretty well." and... Continue Reading →
ACNielsen have determined some amazing facts about Aussie Males, specifically how men manage their appearance. In July this year they managed to convince a few million Australian men to confess their spending habits on clothing, accessories, hair care products, magazines and beer. Amazingly, the report shows nothing about their preference in women or anything about... Continue Reading →
Having a blog for yourself, your business, your product, or just for fun is vitally important in today’s world. In early 2004 Australians were fully flung into the deep end of blogging. A few computer magazines advertising blogger.com - and within months online-written-content exploded 25-fold across Australia. The WWW began hearing new voices from down... Continue Reading →
The mark-up validator has been updated. This is good news for all of us in the ongoing pursuit to ensure our code validates. The new Mark-Up validator allowed me to validate an URL or a file-upload, plus has a ‘direct-input’ field where text can be copied-and-pasted too. These are certainly going to beneficial. Yes, the... Continue Reading →
This is the top fifty people who matter most in the world today. I dare you to start from the most influential and important person on the web, then tab your way through the remaining 49 others who have made it to the list. Where else but on the Internet could someone make a billion... Continue Reading →
Thoughts, Stories & Reflections by Stephen Mitchell 
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