Author: Carmel Glover

When I was a small child, some aeons ago, Australian mothers used to tell their children that if they ate their bread crusts their

It’s not every day that you meet someone so incredibly talented as Keith Lo Bue (a quite amazing American ‘jeweller’ now living in Australia),

It’s all Lysa’s fault, really. There was a time when I thought tissue paper was just … well … tissue paper. Don’t get me

The iPod has been banned by a private school in Sydney because it is claimed they lead to social isolation. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2005/03/21/1111253959952.html They might have

I like things to be perfect, but I don’t like spending the time to make them so. I’m more of a broad brush person

Have I mentioned before that I love David Cohen. I love all the MyMac crew (and several offered helpful suggestions from which I learned

And just as well because I dragged myself out of bed in the dark at 5am to watch. Australia is through to the second

Well here you are people – the announcement you’ve all been waiting for. Or maybe not, but I thought I’d try a bit of

I wrote the following to a friend a few days before Christmas It’s become increasingly difficult to maintain my belief in Christmas, and sometimes

I’m never doing it again. I’m never going to the fruit and vegetable market before Christmas. We always buy heaps of stone fruit because

There are far too many flies in the world, if you ask me. Most of them live in Australia, and, more specifically, in my

This year is the 21st anniversary of my introduction to Macintosh. I’m still in love. But sometimes one needs a break, even from the

Mystifyingly, two of my photos didn’t appear in my previous post. I’m trying again … but don’t blame me if it doesn’t work! It

John Farr tells me stick insects this size are unusual in America. We spotted this in a tree near our verandah a week ago.

Legendary Apple design at work once more. Beautiful merging with the surrounding buildings while still having spectacular impact. I guess I’ll have to make

While some people (like me) struggle to make a living, others step outside the box. Maybe some of you have already heard of Matt

There were a number of things different about Christmas in my household this year. For one thing it’s not too hot … thankfully (at

Buying a new Mac is good for the soul. It’s been seven years since I bought a new Mac. What a wonderful morning. I

Curses! So many things I must think about before launching in to play with my toy. I started with the setup assistant. How easy

Meant to post these first. Opening the box Carmel experiencing difficulty putting plug through hole Wireless mouse assembly A familiar face First phase complete