2007	Fractional appointment at JCU Cairns IT, systems design work in a startup company in Townsville
2002-2006	Senior Lecturer and Deputy Head of School, JCU SIT, Cairns
1999-2001	Chief Engineer, Champion Imaging Systems Ltd, Melbourne
1997-2001	Senior Lecturer, School of Electrical & Computer Engineering, RMIT Uni, Melbourne
1998	Research Engineer, Modular Imaging Technology Ltd, Melbourne
1995-1997	Lecturer, School of Electrical & Computer Engineering, RMIT Uni, Melbourne
1992-1995	Lecturer, Dept of Electrical Engineering (now IT & EE), Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA), Canberra
1990-1991	Research Engineer, Universal Video Codec Project, ADFA/Telstra/Siemens, Canberra
1989-1990	Research Fellow, Advanced Sugar Mill Control Project, ANUTECH Ltd/ANU Systems Engineering, Canberra

2006	Carrick Institute, Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning **
2006	JCU, Faculty Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning **
2005	JCU, Inclusive Practices Award **
2003	Fellow of Institution of Engineers Australia (fast printers, advanced sugar mill control, industry/university collaboration, engineering education)
2001	RMIT University and BOSCH Ltd, Certificate of Distinction for Project Supervision
2001	Multi Layer Continuous Paper Printer, International Patent Number WO011244
1994	Australian Defence Force Academy, University College Teaching Excellence Award
	** shared with Dr Chris Gaskett

Darrell Williamson (PhD supervisor, ANU) and Bob Bitmead (MEngSc supervisor, JCU).
Other people who showed me how to lecture, teach, and/or figure things out: Don Close from JCU Mechanical Engineering; Marsh and Hunter from JCU Maths; Bob Bitmead from ANU Systems Engineering; Marian Simms from ANU Political Science; Bev Frangos from JCU SIT.

Bicycles

Current: Orbea Udana road cycle, Trek 7500 hybrid (Melbourne winter).
Previous: Cannondale R600 (compressed by car, 13 July 2005).

Computing

FreeBSD UNIX OS, collection of home made 1 MIP systems (so much energy in, so little compute power out).

Cycling & Walks

CBUG (Bicycle Users Group); Hinchinbrook04;

Cairns Business & Art Advocacy

Cairns Regional Economic Development Corp. (CREDC), Chamber of Commerce, Advance Cairns, Kleinhardt;
Arts Nexus, Just Art;

Book Shops

Melbourne RMIT, DA Direct; Sydney Abbey's; Seattle Amazon;

Humourous/Interesting

Mr Bean (high earning EE graduate); ABC: Media Watch, BackBerner, The Glass House, The Science Show, Chaser; Dilbert, Monty, Non Sequitur; Canberra Times; BBC: Just a minute, Letter from America by Alistair Cooke; New Scientist; crikey which seems to feed into here; Barry Humphries and the National Gallery;
Likely socio-economic group == intersection of ABC JJJ and ABC RN.

Potpourri

Last startup company, relaxed Fat Cat, Google Labs, Google Awareness Layers, IPCC WG1: physical science basis report, San Francisco Exploratorium (science & art perception).

Food

Joy of Brunetti (jpap movie, evan movie), Vue de Monde, Shakahari(v), Kurma(v), Coffee Scores, Ritter chocolate, the Ricciarelli quest; Cairns dining, tropical foods, and student efforts;

Yoga

Ashtanga Yoga with Oliver Bacchus (my yoga group), Palm Yoga at Palm Cove (Susan and Donna, confirm availability), Cairns Yoga Academy, Cairns and Mission Beach Yoga with Jan Watson, Knoff Yoga School with Nicky Knoff, California Yoga (Patti Graul, Suzanne Dong), Ashtanga movie;

Design & Composition

Architecture Fisher & Buttrose, Studio Mango, MMP, Barcode 61; Photography rhayne (ca); Engineering Design (parsimony, simplicity, iterative).

Interesting blogs and news feeds

IEEE

Spectrum on-line
Spectrum blogs: automaton, gizmos