Kieran’s Review

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Excellent, exciting, wondrous news! On Monday I made it to a geohash within the Albury Wodonga graticule! I’ve been waiting some time for one that would be within range.

The location turned out to be on the railway line just behind Ettamoguh Sanctuary. Myself and another adventured made it to the point and took some photos.

For the uninitiated, Geohashing is a sport where you aim to get to a randomly generated location somewhere within your 1×1 degree square on the earths surface. The location is determined by a formula that uses that days opening price of the Dow Jones index. You don’t know where you are going until that morning, where you will end up, or who you might meet along the way.

For more information about geohashing in Albury Wodonga, checkout the Albury Wodonga entry on the geohashing wiki.

This morning I woke up to a call from the producer of The Conversation Hour on one of the ABC local radio stations. I’ll be having a chat at 10:10 about guerrilla gardening. Unfortunately I was still a bit groggy and I can’t for the life of me remember which ABC local radio it was… lol.

Update: Bugger… just found out that The Conversation Hour is syndicated across the state. Talk about nerve racking… *Phew* it was just in Ballarat, that took the pressure off a lot!

Controversial website Borderline is looking pretty defunct. It was last updated on the 30th of August, and promises that the next update will arrive on the 15th of September.

Borderline was run by Paul Green, a friend and relative of 2008 Albury City Council candidate John Emmery. Myself and others long suspected that the purpose of Borderline was to help John Emmery’s election campaign by smearing the other candidates, at arms length so to speak.

The website regularly featured attack pieces on sitting councillors, embarrassing photos of candidates, and various examples of creative photo shopping. A favourite was a picture of previous Albury city council with steak knives drawn.

I hope I’m wrong and that Paul Greene decides to continue commenting on Albury Wodonga politics. I didn’t like his point of view, and I suspect that if he decides to cover Wodonga’s election I will be a regular target for attack. But it is enjoyable to have one or two “rogue” commentators, and Paul Greenes commentary was at least always interesting.

I would dearly love to attend the first Wordcamp Australia, alas it will clash with my commitment to the Wodonga council election campaign.

Wordpress creator Matt Mullenweg has confirmed he will be attending, along with a variety of big names in Australian blogging. The conference will be held on the 29th and 30th of November at The Red Box in Lilyfield (Sydney).

Early sign ups at $60, late sign ups are $80 and places are limited. Check out www.wordcamp.com.au for details.