Shared today on Facebook

Me: “Alexa, play Taylor Swift’s album Lover.”
Alexa: “Sorry, I can’t find any album called Love Her.”
Me, in thickest Strine: “Alexa, ply Taylah Swift’s album Lovah.”
Alexa: “Coming right up.”

18 years in this country without picking up the accent but I think Alexa will finally do it for me.


With Rodd Snook away for work, it’s my responsibility to water his garden plants. Trying to resist the urge to go full Crowley and berate them for not growing verdantly enough… 😈


I just discovered that my AWS Community Day video is online! And not to be too vain, but my hair and makeup look really good. 💅 (But yes, I still talk too fast.)



Important Note

This site features content going all the way back to 2000. The posts you’ll read reflect my views and writing style at the time. While I have gone back to clean up a few of them, I think it’s important not to sanitise too much. This site is a record of who I am and how I’ve grown. Any blog post written years ago may not reflect who I am today, nor how I would write about the same topic today.