Archive for February, 2009

Words for the Ears

February 18, 2009

A presentation to Chatswood Early Risers Toastmasters club delivered on 17th February 2009
My job is technical writing. I have written course workbooks for use in training classes run by our consultants. They do all the talking, using my work as a teaching aid.
About a year ago I started work on producing E-Learning.  I  had to [...]

Experimenting with Twitter

February 17, 2009

I have read a lot about Twitter and decided the best way to see what all the fuss is about, is to sign up and use it!
You can follow me on http://www.twitter.com/ozcaveman

My electronic music creations

February 17, 2009

My love of electronic music was born after hearing Walter Carlos “Switched on Bach” album and Isao Tomita’s arrangements of Debussy and Mussorgsky.  Keith Emerson’s rock keyboard virtuoso playing has always been a favourite and Rick Wakemen of Yes.
The personal computer, software synthesisers, MIDI files and and a Music typesetting program called MUP, allowed me [...]

An appointment with yourself

February 10, 2009

Based on a speech delivered at Chatswood Early Risers Toastmasters – February 2009
Several centuries ago in a public bath in Syracuse, Italy, a man was soaking in a hot tub. His name was Archimedes.  He had been working on a tricky problem of determining if the King’s new crown was pure gold or if the [...]