Rain on a window looking out onto a cat-net-lined balcony with the setting sun peeking through the bottom of the clouds near the horizon.

Tips for managing costochondritis

I was diagnosed with costochondritis at age 13, and have been managing the pain for decades. While it turned out to be actually arthritis, rather than true costo, the things I do to manage the pain in my day-to-day life are exactly the same.

Oct 31, 2011 Chronic illness, Costochondritis

A firey setting sun in a cloudy sky over the mountains surrounding Hakodate Japan.

Vitamin D and chronic pain

There is a strong link between low vitamin D levels and people who have chronic pain conditions. But researchers are still not sure which way the correlation/causation lies.

Oct 19, 2011 Chronic illness, Fibromyalgia

The Leeuwin lighthouse in the lower corner of western Australia sits where two oceans meet

Touring wineries in Western Australia

Dunsborough and surrounds, Western Australia - November 2009 - travel log and wine tasting notes.

Dec 5, 2009 Travel, Australia

A bird-like character wearing a feather coat is scratched into black scratchboard.

Co-morbid bruxism

When you have chronic pain, it shows up in various other places around your body - your shoulders and neck get stiff as you brace against the pain, and you grind your teeth. That's bruxism, caused by the chronic pain.

Oct 13, 2009 Chronic illness, Spondyloarthritis

Two cats loll over the edge of a cushion on a high platform.

Introduction to endometriosis and adenomyosis

What are endomeriosis and adenomyosis and what treatments are available?

Oct 13, 2004 Chronic illness, Endometriosis

A backlit keyboard with red and blue and unlit keys.

AntiCompiler - an Educational Tool for First Year Programming - Literature review

This was the literature review for my honours project in Computer Science at Monash University in 2003.

Aug 15, 2003 Writing, Academic

The southern waves lapping the stones of the 12 Apostles in Victoria, Australia, slowly eroding and destroying them.

Climate Change Simulation - Guiding Policy or Policy Driven?

This was written as an assessment in the Epistemology of Computer Simulation, an honours subject in the school of Computer Science and Software Engineering at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. I had published it on my student and staff websites, but it has been languishing in backups since I left Monash.

Aug 3, 2003 Writing, Academic

Mum's Maltese Shitzu (Bobby, who hates going for walks) grins at the camera from his back yard with his tongue lolling out.

Dog Bites - Correlated to the Phase of the Moon?

This analysis was part of the assessment for CSE454 Learning and Prediction 1, a subject in Computer Science honours at Monash University, Clayton, Australia. I completed this subject with high marks, but sadly didn't complete the project component, and thus only graduated with a Bachelor degree. But, this paper/assignment submission was too much fun not to share.

Apr 27, 2002 Writing, Academic

A large cheetah soft toy is covered in a blanket in a crowded living room

Introduction to sciatica

What is sciatica and what can you do about it?

Apr 20, 2002 Chronic illness, Sciatica

Existential angst - teen poems

These were written in a dark period in 1996 after I had dropped my first university degree, moved interstate, had just been through a really rough breakup, and was hanging out in IRC channels. Full of teenage existential angst.

Jun 20, 1997 Writing, Creative

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