Immunisation

I wrote my first ever letter to the editor on Sunday. I was reading the Sydney Morning Herald online and it had an article from the Sun Herald on a researcher's recommendation on immunisation of children against influenza.

The only quote on the research other than the researcher was from the Australian Vaccination Network basically saying it was a bad idea.

What irritated me enough to actually write about was that the article did not say that the Australian Vaccination Network is a lobby group for people who disapprove of vaccination and the article did not say mention this important background information.

Of course the letter wasn't published - but I feel so much better that I wrote complaining about it.

Pink Yellow and Green

Pink Yellow and Green
Originally uploaded by bristley.

My boyfriend took this one in Geneva. It shall be my logo and I shall call it pink.

A Golden Tree

A Golden Tree
Originally uploaded by bristley.

I was in Switzerland last year for work. We were in Zurich almost 6 months. It was lovely there - this was a tree on a hill above Zurich called the Hoengerberg but the g is pronounced like a k. It had been grey for a few weeks before this in September and this day was stunningly blue - I think half of Zurich was walking in the hills enjoying the view.

Every time I look at this photo It makes me happy because it reminds of a wonderful day.

I'm just trying out the flickr to blog linking :-)

A first post

Well, behind the times as usual I have decided to start a blog. Now almost everybody else in the known universe has one I thought it was about time.

Well actually my mother was saying she was becoming so highly technically ept that she was now advising other people about email and so I mentioned that the next step for her was a blog. Which made me think that it was about time I started a blog.

I will probably end up posting little bits of technical information I find that it took me a long time to find - stuff about "mplayer, freevo and digital video cards" or "twiki and internets". And then probably holidays and things that annoy me. A blog of self-indulgence that nobody but me will ever read. Except maybe technical information that someone might find.

I'm a computer programmer and I also like playing with computers.

I have fish - the "bristley" stands for bristlenose catfish - the favourite fish I've had so far. Freshwater tropical fish.

bye
Pam