Marco's Blog

click to enlarge While tidying up looking for old stuff came across this itinerary. I still haven't worked out where all the old photos ...

My eldest daughter recently competed in her first Westpac Mathematics competition late last month. Of course this is very exciting for me, a...

I promised I would actually put something down along these lines, but it is quite difficult to get all of my thoughts straight. So I'll ...

The one minor consolation that I got from the sad news that no hydro station was being built up in the rainforest mountains up north, was th...

The Iranian government, after supplying, bankrolling and otherwise funding Hezbollah, isn't exactly bravely entering the conflict in its...

Looking back st my January democracy in palestine post , my model would dictate that an economically destitute Lebanon would be bad for its ...

I feel it would be remiss of me not to revisit my opinions on the middle-east given recent escalation. 1) There was a point in time with qui...

A recent decline and death of a very old relative has again got me asking questions about the morality and details of euthanasia. Some caref...

In their Hydrogen powered 'lighter than air' aircraft while we here start to worry about Aircraft Emmissions of the CO2 sort. We ar...

I do think that the 2nd law of thermodynamics is one of the fundamental rules of the universe. In some ways it defines the direction of time...

Well, it's a pretty handy power supply. Already now it is being used in the most favourable locations (geothermal vents + cold weather w...

I didn't think that I would have to help her research information on the Big Bang theory.

Cosmic origins

It's civilization's practice run for the rare but certain future catastrophic events. A warm-up run if you like. If we can't han...

Policing the pacific is something Australia is doing well. I would argue that it isn't really costing us in the long term. What better ...

The simplicity, permanence, renewable status and engineering advantages at economically suitable locations speak for themselves. The environ...

Planet Ark made a series of statements on the Sunrise show that separately are based on current conclusions from environmental researchers; ...

I just want to say what a great game of beach volleyball I had on thursday. It was the third last game that I will have for a long time. It ...

For 18 years now, I have used and loved the accounting package MYOB (Mind Your Own Business), and in the last two years have used their so-c...

I don't believe local food markets reduce the environmental burden of bringing food to our plate, although it may well be healthier and ...