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Garden Harvest

With a little extra time on my hands at the moment (more on that later) I finally ventured back into our vege garden this afternoon. From a handful of home grown cherry tomato seeds, what you see here is our second(!) harvest of the plants. It’s also what my Grandfather was famous for, lots of tomatoes and tomato sauce to go around (Not to mention the Christmas Pud!).

Also spent some time cleaning up the patch, the weeds and grass just keeps coming back stronger and stronger. Also can’t wait for the lonely Lemon to finally ripen. My beer needs it! Hopefully next harvest I’ll remember to take some photos of the patch itself.

I encourage everyone to give it a good. With some good soil, seeds and plenty of regular watering anyone can grow some fruit and veg. Next, I think I’ll give carrots a go.

Perth Game Industry Survey

Nick Lowe, VP of Interzone Australia, has published a Perth Games Industry survey. The aim is to collect information from those in the Perth Industry or those people interested into getting into the industry.

Survey can be found here: http://survey.letsmakegames.org/

The information gathered by this survey will be used to produce a Perth games industry profile document, which will summarise general characteristics and capabilities of the local industry. We want to facilitate organic and sustainable growth to help ensure a long-term future for game developers in Perth, and a clear objective assessment of the local industry is an important part of making this happen.

We want to hear from you if: you are in the industry, want to get into the industry, or even if you have left the industry. We will greatly appreciate if you could take the time to complete this survey.

Initial results will be presented at the IGDA Perth meeting tonight(!) and put a more detailed report available in a few weeks.

Australian Broadband Survey 2008 Results

The results of the Australian Broadband Survey are in!

From Whirlpool.net.au: “The survey was conducted over a four week period — from 31 December 2008 to 1 February 2009, during which the survey was successfully completed and verified a total of 19,763 times.The results should be a wakeup call to the federal government and its plan for mandatory internet filtering. According to the survey, only 2% of Labor voters supported the filtering at the time of voting, with the majority not even realising it was an election policy. Almost 90% of respondents also said they would opt-out of any optional filter component, bringing into question the demand for such a system.”

The complete report of the results can be found here.