Max's Miscellaneous Musings

It's been a while since I've written a Max's Guide To Cycling For N00bs.  I've been a little unmotivated.  But all that has changed, because the seasons, they are-a changin'.  But frankly, not fast enough for me.  In short, IT'S COLD!  I'm cold!  Riding… more »

Some time ago, I wrote a post called Big Brother is watching, in which I commented on an article that described how the Dalai Lama's email server was hacked.  It pointed the finger at the Chinese government, and I made some sarcastic comment about how Bi… more »

I saw this pic on the net somewhere and loved it.  It appealed to my nerdy word game sense of humour.  Puntastic!   This picture is pertinent as I have been tent-shopping.  Specifically, I've been shopping for a tent to take to CQ.  Long-time admi… more »

A buddy of mine sent me the following question on FaceBook. I wrote him a long answer and decided I might as well put it on my blog, so here it all is: How does your country view same sex marriage? I know you refer to your love as your wife...is t… more »

Much has happened in the last month, including a great deal of work and travel for me.  I might write about those things sometime in the future. What's really on my mind at the moment is the very sad and untimely passing of MaxBabe's brother, Mark.  He… more »

So.. those of you who keep up with this blog will have noticed a) a lack of new items in RSS feeds; b) no cross-posted LJ posts; and c) you couldn't access the web site directly. That's because some script kiddy caned the server this site was hosted on… more »

It's been a while since I've posted a blog entry.  To be honest, there's not been much to write about.  So here is my life in bullet points, in no particular order:The snakes have been out and about on the bike paths lately.  The most recent incident… more »

Before I decided it was time to lose weight, I never really knew just how hideous I was at 95Kg.  Today, a friend sent me a photo she took of me at a work xmas get-together:   Sweet merciful crap.  I never knew, I honestly never knew. So now, wh… more »

An old school friend of mine recently got in touch with me, and suggested I get onto Facebook.  You know, because everyone's on it these days.  I'd so far resisted the draw of Facebook, purely from a "if your friends jumped off a cliff, would you jump of… more »

Since the start of the year, I've been riding to work two or three times a week.  It's a 53Km round trip, mostly flat, mostly on bike paths, and reasonably safe.  The ride home is always a little tiring because there's a long(ish) hill 3/4 of the way… more »