Richmond Birdwing

Richmond birdwing, originally uploaded by Fraserg.

Rapid population growth, greedy and unconsidered housing development and road building are a real threat to biodiversity and conservation here at the Sunshine Coast.
I'm stocking up my garden. Apart from fruit and vegetables I want to grow wildlife attracting plants.
Butterflies here are AWESOME - see the Richmond Birdwing with a wingspan of 14 cm - once common around here is now rare, because of loss of habitat and feeding plants for the larvae. I have seen ONE in the one and half years I've been here.
I would like to plant a Birdwing Vine 'Pararistolochia praevenosa'. Who's got one I could take a cutting? Or where could I buy one? Grateful for any pointers.

Kate Nash - Foundations (live at Later... )

fan-bloody-tastic

cracking drums too

thanks Dana for sharing :)

Digital Eskimo on sustainable design

I'm on board, Eskimo! On board the sustainability gravy train. It's the only way.

Noosa Council Free Tree give away

There is a couple more of these free tree give-away sessions. Tiny treelets, but free! and mostly native or at least good for our conditions. Bring your council notice along and get a couple of goodies like:
Banksia Spinulosa
Elaeocarpus Prima Donna
Grevillia
Syzygium luehmannii
Tidouchina 'Jules'
and the gorgeous Gordonia 'Silk Screen'
Find all instructions on my flickr garden set.

Intuitect

So I'm evaluating Intuitect. - a UX visio tool.
Unfortunately it crashes visio quite frequently. Flashbacks from times where your computer would freeze and crash as a matter of course ensue.
Intuitect has got some very cool features though - especially automatic updates to align sitemap changes with wireframes and navigation.
I so do not like their pricing strategy though - $800 and some for a years subscription for the pro version.
Until the application gets a bit more solid and the price drops to half at what they are demanding now I'll drop it or stick with the basic version... I'll just give it another try now.

The core of the experience!

Sweet sketchcast by Peter Van Dijck.

Oz IA 2007

It was my first Australian Industry do. Trying to catch up with everything now.
Random nugget of wisdom:
(For Sam!) Tableless web pages are like gold. With gold 24 karat is considered too soft, you want some impurities to make it stronger - so you need a few tables for stability. (Thanks James)
Ah and how I loved the 'Pinking shears' pattern talk from Sharon.
Here's the man! himself btw.

and this is for Eric to answer his apparel related survey question:

Parental warning - do not read this book!

'The naming of Tishkin Silk' is a most beautifully written and so sad and touching children story. I was really struggling reading it to Marla. In fact I was sobbing through the last two chapters. I was dreading bedtime, because Marla demanded we finish the book - quite rightly. She was helping out reading the paragraphs where I totally packed up. It was downright surreal.
So, go on then, read it
- I dare you not to cry.

Ways to be more frugal

This telegraph article made me laugh - lots. Check out the comments.
'Dead snakes make excellent and very economical disposal containers for used neon light tubes.'

Indigenous state of emergency

Good posting on Larvatus Prodeo about developments since Howard announced his NT 'plan'. It contains good links amongst them to the National Indigenous Times.