News & Social

Sick. Again.

Well I was the sort of person who “never got sick” until this year’s winter flu season came along. Now it’s a constant battle not to be ill.

— 12 July 2022 via The Grapevine.

Labor in Power

It’s been just two weeks since Anthony Albanese and the Australian Labor Party won the federal election but their government is already facing challenges.

— 7 June 2022 via The Grapevine.

Add your Conda environment to your Jupyter Notebook

By default, Jupyter Notebook will only display a single kernel (called ipykernel) when installed in a new environment. Here’s a procedure for choosing another Conda environment in a Jupyter Notebook.

— 31 May 2022 via Coding Blog.

Features

The Story of Flowers

How do plants know when to flower? Many people think it’s a matter of day length or the addition of fertiliser, but you’ll see that flowering is a far more sophisticated process.

Melbourne Neon

Discover Melbourne’s rich neon heritage with pictures and videos of fifty of the city’s most important heritage neon signs including the Skipping Girl, Pelaco and Allen’s neons plus the Nylex Clock.

Photologium

Photologium is my commercial photography website. View the galleries, purchase prints or enquire about licensing my photographs for your next project.

Free Fonts

I have developed some fonts, which are available free for personal use. (Donations gratefully accepted). These include the “Hazchem” chemical safety font and the “Plant Breeder’s webfont”.

Research

A complete list of my scientific reseach publications.

Melbourne Buildings

Discover some of Melbourne’s finest architecture - both old and new. This site contains detailed information on over 50 buildings, plus photos and maps.