One Geek

Hmm..Looking outside it seems like it may be a little too wet for walking home and of course my parents aren’t around tonight.. Stupid weather.

Hmm..Looking outside it seems like it may be a little too wet for walking home and of course my parents are around tonight.. Stupid weather.

Sometimes I have an irresistible urge to smile.

I real enjoy seeing manly men carrying around roses, that’s got to be one of the highlights of this most silly of days.

Do you think anyone will notice if I fall asleep at work?

To all readers of my blog I wish you a Happy Valentines Day.

To people with partners whom they are romantically involved with may you enjoy this commercial holiday as a chance for a few extra kisses.

To people whom are not currently in a romantically directed partnership, enjoy the chance to laugh at lovers spending ridiculous amounts on each other.

This speech/sermon Bono gave gives me warm feelings.

I think I am going to be rather busy this year.  In addition to my work setting up an IT Department I will probably do work on telemedicine, e-learning, and provide assistance to local community development groups..

Oh dear..

I don’t think God wants another person in this world to get infected with HIV/AIDS. We can stop a hell of a lot of infections by supporting two simple things.

1) Needle Exchange programs for injecting drug users

2) Condoms for all

I think that we need to adopt these now. I don’t think there is time to debate the ethics of whether or not by doing these things we condone activities which we may or may not agree with. I think it’s far more important to prevent further suffering from HIV/AIDS. 40.3million people are currently infected with HIV/AIDS about 3.1million died last year from it and 4.9 million people got infected.

This has to stop.

I am begining to feel the passion building up again with in me about my trip. Whilst the job is overwhelmingly huge and it’s going to be hard living without my wonderful Sydney community when I start thinking about the work that I am going to be doing I get excited again. I am determined to do the best I can do.

Years ago the best I could do would simply be creating a kick arse computer system that worked well with little down time. Unfortunately for me I have come to redifine things and am much more concearned with the human diamention. I want to now set up systems that work, are sustainable, reliable, and most elusive of all empowering. I am not quite sure how to do that last one. I also want to try and create in a highly hireacical society a department based on peers with different responsibility.
Part of my dream for the IT Department in the Hospital is that it will be outward looking. That it will be looking how to serve the community in which it is based in practical ways. I am also thinking of doing a thing where IT workers have to go and work in other departments for a day a month..

In addition to all this is the language element. I want to fight for a department where the local language, the national language and English can all be used.

I think I might be dreaming. But dreams are fun.

My work is changing the world one flashing LED at a time. So far today I have gotten to the stage where I can make a LED(a little light) flash, turn on and turn off based on commands I send from my PC. Soon I am going to add a second LED.

Last night I dreamt
That somebody loved me
No hope, no harm
Just another false alarm

Last night I felt
Real arms around me
No hope, no harm
Just another false alarm

So, tell me how long
Before the last one ?
And tell me how long
Before the right one ?

The story is old - I KNOW
But it goes on
The story is old - I KNOW
But it goes on

Oh, GOES ON
And on
Oh, goes on
And on

The Smiths

I am wondering what would happen if a whole bunch of Christians got violent whenever Jesus was blasphemed. I think they would be pretty damn busy.

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,

The courage to change the things I can,

And the wisdom to know the difference.

I think that TEAR should try and get one of the charity spots at the U2 Concerts in Australia.

Come on Ben get TEAR a stand.