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Democracy Dies in a Rebrand > The Washington Post, formerly one of America's most respected newspapers and home to the slogan "Democracy Dies in Darkness" unveiled its new mission statement this week: "Riveting Storytelling for All of America." This smells a lot like the
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The grandkids are playing around with my old Pentax ME film camera. It’s a great opportunity to explain how cameras work. Open the back to see the shutter open. Take off the lens to see the mirror flip away. “But how do you see the pictures?”. I explained the
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Vietnamese restaurant in Balaclava, Melbourne. One wall is the remnants of an outside wall with the posters still on it. Cigarette advertising was banned in Australia in 1976 so that, and the price-tag of 35c for a packet, dates it to around the early seventies. Dammit. That's nearly
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<img src="https://ianjs.micro.blog/uploads/2023/image.png" class="cover-image" width="600" height="387" alt> I was walking along the Warburton Trail the other day and I passed through a grove of pine trees. There was a breeze
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I can't seem to find Elon Musk's Mastodon handle to follow. Please advise.
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My dad, Edgar (Ted) Slinger, found these photos and thought they would be of interest to anyone who attended Merlynston State School in the 1940s. This is from 1942 when he was in Grade 5. <img src="/uploads/2023/d642dbc329.jpg" class="cover-image" alt caption=
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<br/> <img src="/uploads/2023/media.jpg" class="cover-image" > <div class="afterthought">Yes, that’s us. Sometimes it feels like I’m still living in the seventies. Well... a bit.</div> My adult life has roots
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It's Autumn and it's a Friday. In Melbourne that can mean a dreary end to the week, but sometimes it's a surprise; cool but sunny. Being a Friday, grandchild #1.4 is over for the day. She's two, so if I suggest
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{{< figure src="/uploads/2023/d17a553c40.jpeg" >}} My Dad asked me to scan some photos taken when he was working as a maintenance carpenter at Mount Buffalo Chalet in 1952. He was employed by the Victorian Railway and in those days they owned and ran the Chalet.