http://jimbob.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ en Vox Wed, 18 Apr 2007 23:09:38 +0930 Copyright 2007 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://jimbob.vox.com/library/post/how-i-became-political.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Jimbob) http://jimbob.vox.com/library/post/how-i-became-political.html?_c=feed-rss http://jimbob.vox.com/library/post/how-i-became-political.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 18 Apr 2007 23:09:38 +0930 I'm not sure how it happened. When I was in grade 2 at school, age 7, there was a state election going on. Labor was in power, but was struggling. The Liberal opposition leader came to the school for a policy statement and photo op, and our teac... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jimbob.vox.com/library/post/how-i-became-political.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251fc84a8fdb00d09e64bcbebe2b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> politics left right australia green http://jimbob.vox.com/library/post/the-cafe-crowd.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Jimbob) http://jimbob.vox.com/library/post/the-cafe-crowd.html?_c=feed-rss http://jimbob.vox.com/library/post/the-cafe-crowd.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 17 Mar 2007 11:54:22 +0930 It's amazing what a bit of community and networking can do. For years, I've been trying to run various websites, community blogs, forums, mailing lists, on various topics (often local music) and never managed to attract more than a dozen members.... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jimbob.vox.com/library/post/the-cafe-crowd.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251fc84a8fdb00d09e5cac81be2b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> forum photography women community http://jimbob.vox.com/library/post/croc-in-pool.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Jimbob) http://jimbob.vox.com/library/post/croc-in-pool.html?_c=feed-rss http://jimbob.vox.com/library/post/croc-in-pool.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 05 Feb 2007 07:21:59 +0930 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://jimbob.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251fc84a8fdb00d09e529aaebe2b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c2251fc84a8fdb00d09e529aaebe2b-50si" alt="Nightcliff Pool" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> At my local swimming pool this morning: Early morning swimmers at the Nightcliff Pool in Darwin's northern suburbs have been given a shock today - a crocodile has been found in the pool. Here's a panorama of the pool I took a few months back. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jimbob.vox.com/library/post/croc-in-pool.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251fc84a8fdb00d09e529ac6be2b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> australia darwin swimming pool crocodile http://jimbob.vox.com/library/post/albums-at-amie-street.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Jimbob) http://jimbob.vox.com/library/post/albums-at-amie-street.html?_c=feed-rss http://jimbob.vox.com/library/post/albums-at-amie-street.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 09 Jan 2007 20:54:55 +0930 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://jimbob.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251fc84a8fdb00cdf7f280ab094f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c2251fc84a8fdb00cdf7f280ab094f-50si" alt="0xFFFF" /></a> <a href="http://jimbob.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251fc84a8fdb00cd970a161d4cd5.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c2251fc84a8fdb00cd970a161d4cd5-50si" alt="Drumnia" /></a> <a href="http://jimbob.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251fc84a8fdb00cdf3ad401fcb8f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c2251fc84a8fdb00cdf3ad401fcb8f-50si" alt="The Empire Will Fall" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I think I've found a new favourite place to put my music online for download. Amie Street. It works on an auction-like system, where songs you post as an artist start out free, then increase in price as more people listen to them, buy them, or "r... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jimbob.vox.com/library/post/albums-at-amie-street.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251fc84a8fdb00cdf7f280cb094f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> new music free album http://jimbob.vox.com/library/post/slumbertone.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Jimbob) http://jimbob.vox.com/library/post/slumbertone.html?_c=feed-rss http://jimbob.vox.com/library/post/slumbertone.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 30 Dec 2006 21:59:11 +0930 A new project I'm trying to build up - Slumbertone - ambient music for relaxation and sleeping. I'm selling CD-length compositions in non-DRM MP3 format - complex, smooth, interacting melodies and soundscapes, to put your mind at rest. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jimbob.vox.com/library/post/slumbertone.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251fc84a8fdb00d10a79c1578bfa?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> ambient music relaxation meditation sleep http://jimbob.vox.com/library/post/sunset-at-nightcliff.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Jimbob) http://jimbob.vox.com/library/post/sunset-at-nightcliff.html?_c=feed-rss http://jimbob.vox.com/library/post/sunset-at-nightcliff.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 27 Sep 2006 13:15:04 +0930 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://jimbob.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251fc84a8fdb00c2252944e18e1d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c2251fc84a8fdb00c2252944e18e1d-50si" alt="Palm and Sunset" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Nightcliff Swimming Pool, in Darwin, has to be the most beautiful swimming pool in Australia. Perched on the edge of a cliff, looking west over the Arafura sea, it's a great place to cool off in the evening. I took this photo from inside the fe... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jimbob.vox.com/library/post/sunset-at-nightcliff.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251fc84a8fdb00c2252944ec8e1d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> sunset australia darwin palm tree nightcliff http://jimbob.vox.com/library/post/moon-lore-from-west-virginia.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Jimbob) http://jimbob.vox.com/library/post/moon-lore-from-west-virginia.html?_c=feed-rss http://jimbob.vox.com/library/post/moon-lore-from-west-virginia.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 12 Sep 2006 19:51:32 +0930 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://jimbob.vox.com/library/audio/6a00c2251fc84a8fdb00c22526f0ba8e1d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c2251fc84a8fdb00c22526f0ba8e1d-50si" alt="Moon Folklore" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Moon Lore from West Virginia W. E. Mockler Folklore, Vol. 50, No. 3. (Sep., 1939), pp. 310-314.The following moon superstitions are from America, colle cted in the semi-mountainous region of northern West Virginia, amoung people of English, We... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251fc84a8fdb00c22525fdbe549d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> america folklore moon west virginia http://jimbob.vox.com/library/post/cat-seizure.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Jimbob) http://jimbob.vox.com/library/post/cat-seizure.html?_c=feed-rss http://jimbob.vox.com/library/post/cat-seizure.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 10 Sep 2006 10:14:36 +0930 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://jimbob.vox.com/library/video/6a00c2251fc84a8fdb00c22525ac7b8fdb.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c2251fc84a8fdb00c22525ac7b8fdb-50si" alt="CAT SEIZURE" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> That's one fucked up cat. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jimbob.vox.com/library/post/cat-seizure.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251fc84a8fdb00c22526a1ab8e1d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> cat seizure video http://jimbob.vox.com/library/post/doof-doof.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Jimbob) http://jimbob.vox.com/library/post/doof-doof.html?_c=feed-rss http://jimbob.vox.com/library/post/doof-doof.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 24 Aug 2006 23:02:20 +0930 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://jimbob.vox.com/library/audio/6a00c2251fc84a8fdb00c22523180df219.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c2251fc84a8fdb00c22523180df219-50si" alt="Atriplex - realnicetrance" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Well looky here, Jimbob's been making some real boring trance. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jimbob.vox.com/library/post/doof-doof.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251fc84a8fdb00c22523183df219?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> trance http://jimbob.vox.com/library/post/qotd-favourite-cover-song.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Jimbob) http://jimbob.vox.com/library/post/qotd-favourite-cover-song.html?_c=feed-rss http://jimbob.vox.com/library/post/qotd-favourite-cover-song.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 08 Aug 2006 23:07:24 +0930 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://jimbob.vox.com/library/video/6a00c2251fc84a8fdb00c2252152b48e1d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c2251fc84a8fdb00c2252152b48e1d-50si" alt="The Pogues: Live Concert 1985" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Favourite cover song? This one's an easy one. The Pogue's version of And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda, originally by Eric Bogle. Here's a video of some early Pogues, where they play the song. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jimbob.vox.com/library/post/qotd-favourite-cover-song.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251fc84a8fdb00c225205f5d604a?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p>