The possibility of one or more Very Fast Train (VFT) lines for Australia has been debated for more than 40 years, most often being treated as a complete joke. However, perhaps that's about to change. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has long been a supporter of VFT transport fo...
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It's here, the booklet I am sure you have all been waiting for. The one which Gigi Foster and Michael Baker slaved over for 10 months . It is also on Kindle . It is dedicated to all the victims of the Panic, in poor countries and rich countries. They include our children, the...
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Sometimes, it feels like 1910 all over again. Then, a confident Germany was the up-and-coming industrial power house, fearing an even more up-and-coming Russia, with the UK and France desperately holding on to their colonial empires. Now, a confident China is the up-and-coming...
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Let me indulge, purely for entertainment value, in some fan-speculation on what we will see on-screen after the Long Night is over and the final 6 episodes Of Game of Thrones are run in 2019. Let me first talk about the end-game aspects I think the books and the tv-series seem...
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In case anyone's interested, I did an interview on "My Trip" which can be downloaded from this link .
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I'm heading off overseas with my 15 year old son. Turns out the cheapest way to get to the US, where we're spending most of our time is via China. And, in case you're interested and didn't know of it, Flightfox is a great way to pay people who know what they're doing to do lot...
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Here's a great picture of the sub-assemblies of the Boeing 787 (Dreamliner - ok it's a silly name, but it's somehow fun to say). Its touted by Deloitte as an example of how disaggregated industries are. But looking at it I wondered, might it tell us something else. What (the h...
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It is, of course, the season for holiday fun times making worthless definitions. Last week my wife and I were making a rare trip into Namba, a popular entertainment and shopping district in Osaka. We happened to see a restaurant named " Blue Billabong ( Japanese )". It purport...
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One of the more extraordinary things in life is the amount you can be charged by your mobile carrier on 'international roaming'. It's completely extraordinary with amazing stories of people downloading serious amounts of data - eg for a movie and getting back to find bills for...
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