Seeking paths ...

I have been seeking clear paths but it seems there are none. I have to invent my own and it is a struggle.

My friends So Young and JP have been seeking Thousand Paths to NOW' around the world visited and sat on an in interesting places. Their seeking is documented on their project website http://sites.google.com/site/athousandpathstonow/

Can we expect that the path will show itself or do we have to keep walking in the dark bumping into things? 

Coffee... the best in Melbourne

 have tried perhaps up to 100 coffee shops around Melbourne. I drink Cafe Latte and like it on the stronger side which determines what kind of coffee shops I rank the best. It gives me a slow kick and makes life more bearable. But what makes life and coffee good ? I think it is passion and love of what we are doing. Here are only a couple of places where people love their coffees and its tastes like it:

1. Crue Coffee Lounge in South Yarra
I was their first customer and even though I moved I still go there. Their latte is strong, sweet, hot, with enough flavor but never bitter. Plust they have different types every week. The guys are so friendly and there is upbeat but not posh atmosphere. Here is it. The froth is not so perfect but the coffee itself is great. I am sure if you drink Rissoretto it will be even better. 

2. Barista in Prahran
This coffee shop is hidden in a side street but became so popular that it is hard to find seat most of the time. But when you come in late afternoon and sit behind the large table you will get sweet, hot, strong, nutty, brew with perfect froth. The place has fast and friendly staff and mostly relaxing atmosphere. The only problem is it has became too posh and the littler pretentious South Yarra folk has flocked in to show off.

3. Brunetti City Square - City 
I know that there are better coffeeshops in City but I have tried this once more than any other. Brunetti is long established Vittoria coffee establishment with very fast professional baristas who make make reasonable froth, it is hot, but most importantly it preserves the Vittoria flavor. It is strong and gives you the right kick without any bad aftertaste. I cold not find latte


4. Jasper Coffee - Prahran Market
I nearly forgot about the strongest and fairest latte you can get. It is in Prahran Market at Jasper Coffee stall. So one you have free sausages in the meat section sit and watch the busy spot and enjoy this strong, dark and hot fair trade brew. They use organic milk and make it really strong and tasty. 


Long Black or else. 
I don't drink long black or black coffee but we have found one real good one in Brunswick. It is called Sahara Pizza and they serve great long black. I think they are Egyptians so the place is full of middle aged middle eastern men smoking cigars and talking for ages. It is great atmosphere and the pizza is not bad. Find it on 627 Sydney Road, BRUNSWICK 3056


If you are not from Melbourne this is the best compact street directory with brief guide too ... enjoy

New age language

Have you heard of HTML5. If not you will soon because this is going to replace all those plugins such as Adobe Flash which are so annoying.

Apple and Google are doing it then we are bound to do it. See : How to Ditch Flash and Stream Video with HTML5 or DIVE INTO HTML5 book which is written in amazing font. Like to watch YouTube in new language visit this link http://www.youtube.com/html5

We are going to further loose ourselves in computers  and our phones

Here is reference

Mental health and the weather

Melbourne has just experienced one of the strongest thunderstorms in the past few decades with hail, rain and wind pounding the streets  and people.

Often storms outside are reflected with storms inside and I have been hearing a lot about that lately.

"One in five Australians are likely to experience some kind of mental health issue during their lifetime. Mental health issues can affect anyone - old or young, rich or poor." says Youth Central one of many mental health institutions in Melbourne.

One of the strongest supporters of mental storm prevention is Prof McGorry who just became the Australian of the Year. He says: "Failure to invest in early psychosis reform will result in another lost generation of young Australians consigned to unnecessary disability as well as premature death from suicide and cardiovascular disease"

Here is his book . I really do think that we have to rethink how we address mental health otherwise we end up having stroms in our heads all the time. 

Australia should embrace nuclear power ??? White males decide ...

One of the most interesting mainstream debating forums is IQ² or Intelligence squared .
http://www.iq2oz.com/


It is an annual series of 'provocative and informative' live debates on the 'hot-button concerns' of the day such as Euthanasia, Nuclear Power, Internet Censorship or Freedom of expression. You can watch them all on their website. BUT THINK AGAIN.

The problem with these forums is that they are dominated by white males with token representation of white women and almost nonexistent non Anglo debaters. If Australia is multicultural society where are those Asian, Lebanese or Indians who have something to say.

Are those Indian engineers busy buidling these Nuclear Power plants or those Asian computer scientists administering Internet censorship if those white males decide that that needs to be done ????

Here is a research paper from Korea from AsianPerspective.Org  to put some of these white views in slightly different perspective and a book by a women  who sounds qualified enough to talk about it.

Whaling ... why get so emotional?

Whaling is extremely emotional issue in Australia. Everyone is against it as if it was same as killing Norwegians. They are both white and there is not many of them. 

No one gets too upset when Koreans eat dogs to get warmer or Afghani people get killed by robots on daily basis. There is plenty of dogs and Afgani's dont look white. 

But whales are supposed to be intelligent mammals and it is murder to kill them. I am not sure if it is simply about Japan bashing and being emotional about cute large animals. It is funny that Australian media when reporting on Japan only talk about the wierd and wonderful and don't really describe Japanese as fellow citizens. 

OBAMA wins Nobel War is Peace Prize - Rap News

This is hilarious ...