Author Archives: Geoff

Geoff is a 25 year old Database Administrator Consultant. He was a volunteer youth leader at Yarra Valley Vineyard Christian Fellowship for 6 years, but doesn't do that any more. He is cursed with barracking for Richmond. His favourite number is 17 and his favourite song is Last Goodbye by Jeff Buckley

Life

By Geoff | Published 8 February, 2010 7:07 pm

So I realised that despite still getting regular visits, this blog has been remarkably dead for the last however long (last post on Jan 14 is a joke!). Must admit that at the moment life has been taking precedence, and with a tonne of my head-space being taken up with ruminations about teaching and a [...]

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Google taking on China

By Geoff | Published 14 January, 2010 6:58 am

We have decided we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on Google.cn, and so over the next few weeks we will be discussing with the Chinese government the basis on which we could operate an unfiltered search engine within the law, if at all. We recognize that this may well mean having [...]

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Inspired by Freire

By Geoff | Published 8 January, 2010 8:52 pm

Being inspired (and distracted) by Paulo Freire.

“No pedagogy which is truly liberating can remain distant from the oppressed by treating them as unfortunates and by presenting for their emulation models from among the oppressors”
“This concept is well suited to the purposes of the oppressors, whose tranquility rests on how well people fit the world the [...]

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Making the rules help the bad guy

By Geoff | Published 6 January, 2010 4:31 pm

I found this and thought it summed up the Western world’s response to terrorism as best as I can understand it. For the uninitiated LeBron James is probably the best basketball player in the world at the moment (other’s might tell you it’s Kobe Bryant, but they’re wrong).
“I’m quite sure I could beat LeBron James [...]

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Geoff’s Glühwein

By Geoff | Published 24 December, 2009 12:21 pm

This is normally more of a Bec thing to do – but it’s Christmas so why not have a go. With this year’s Christmas being a relatively chilly one, I decided that our Christmas Eve celebrations should involve my favourite German Christmassy tradition: Glühwein (mulled wine).
Geoff’s Glühwein recipe

2 bottles of whatever Red Wine you have [...]

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