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It marked a great opportunity for me to give my writing a permanent home on my own domain, and have full control over how they’re presented
There are so many small details I sweated over—I wrote about a bunch of them and the overarching details of the design here:
This year, I (finally) redesigned my #PersonalWebsite:
sidney.me 🎉
It’s based on postcards: a design constraint that helped me make more thoughtful decisions about what I want to say, how to stay succinct, and how to do it graphically. They also focus attention and scale well to mobile
#WebDev
Fuel Rationing in Greater Sydney - 1988
Minister for Mineral Resources Media Statement https://library.parliament.nsw.gov.au/jspui/retrieve/b7b9ba87-0dc2-48bc-a181-64463072ad27/VOL_I_A-M_JAN-MAR_1988_GOVERNMENT_MINISTRIES_Gabb26021988.pdf
@walk_sydney: "If the fast moving vehicles don’t get you, these brainless talking points will."
> Without Government support, this Bill will be voted down on the next sitting day, sometime in May. At least 30 people will die on NSW roads between now and then. We owe it to them to keep pushing for change.
https://walksydney.org/2026/04/02/all-the-lowlights-from-the-safer-speeds-debate/
My fellow Australians, we've gone mad! We're offering crazy discounts on fuel!! Also, please don't buy fuel.
TfNSW SCATS to triple revenue next FY?
- TelephonyMessagingKit: new end-to-end encryption stuff
presumably to support RCS https://9to5mac.com/2026/03/30/ios-26-5s-messages-app-has-rcs-end-to-end-encryption-in-beta/
Updated public transport patronage data has just been released, including for January 2026. This is particularly interesting given the Summer Start free weekend travel that applied during December and January. Unfortunately the other data set that separates out patronage by days does not include weekend data for this period. It's not clear if this is [...]
From Bicycle Network: Yarra pushes on with sub-standard bike lanes
'To squeeze the new redundant parking in, the council has opted for a too-narrow bike lane configuration that does not satisfy national, state or local guidelines for such infrastructure.' /1
https://bicyclenetwork.com.au/newsroom/2026/03/25/yarra-pushes-on-with-sub-standard-bike-lanes/
Harald Kliems
Sidney Alcantara
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Bony empath
John Spurlock
Daniel Bowen
Yarra Bicycle Users Group