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How Vienna changed the world

Gustav Klimt - Baby (Cradle), 1917-18For another month-and-a-half, the National Gallery in Victoria is exhibiting works from Vienna, Austria from a period of rapid change at the turn of the 20th century. I’m new to the appreciating-art world, and this exhibition caught my attention because of its byline: “A little over 100 years ago in Vienna, Austria, a group of radical young creators and thinkers overturned all the rules and created a brave new world.”

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Tweaking Melbourne’s rail lines

Melbourne’s rail network has several problems. One of them is that you can’t get trains to and from places like Doncaster, Rowville or the Airport, and another is that the only option for transport outside of the commuter-ideal is to use slow busses. This is my ambitious and idealistic plan.

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Exploring creativity – a workshop

I think I’m creative. But I’m not so sure how to harness that creativity. Sometimes I find it… for a short while. But most of the time I sit there knowing I have something to express, not knowing how to express it. So a housemate and I have decided to run… a creative cluster.

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When will the blame game stop?

I’m a public transport tragic (or, railfan), and I especially love studying several aspects of public transport: the operations, economics, signaling, communications, planning, history and equipment. And now living in a city with generally good public transport, I’m having a …

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I’m moving to Melbourne!

It’s Blog Action Day tomorrow and while that’s about all bloggers around the world posting on a topic they want to generate action on, I figured it’s a good excuse as any for me to create some action on my …

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