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Queensland Senate Preference Visualisation

Posted on Saturday 24 August 2013 by J. D. Bartlett

Last weekend the details of candidates for the upcoming Australian Federal election were posted. Here’s a visualisation I’ve made of all the parties with group voting tickets for the Queensland senate. In general, parties closer together in the diagram give … Continue reading →

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On Politics

Posted on Monday 15 July 2013 by J. D. Bartlett

It’s election year in Australia, and one major party is trying to divert attention away from the party as a whole towards their leader while the other is trying to divert attention away from their leader towards the party as … Continue reading →

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Spotted in Brisbane

Posted on Monday 24 June 2013 by J. D. Bartlett

I think the TV was put there for kerbside garbage collection. Perhaps the couch was the same…?

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A Caring Gentleman

Posted on Monday 17 June 2013 by J. D. Bartlett

Ten months ago, I was in Hobart for PyCon Australia. While there, I had a few chances to stroll around the neighbourhood of Sandy Bay. I sat for a while on a bench overlooking the bay. The bench bore this … Continue reading →

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Just a Moment

Posted on Monday 10 June 2013 by J. D. Bartlett

Last week I wrote about a couple. This week it’s a different kind of couple that I’m writing about… The resultant moment of a couple is called a torque. This is not to be confused with the term torque as … Continue reading →

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