September 28th, 2005

Samurai (侍 or sometimes 士) is a common term for a warrior in pre-industrial Japan.

Most samurai were bound by a strict code of honor (武士道 bushidō) and were expected to set an example for those below them. A disgraced samurai could regain honor and respect by committing suicide by a gruesome and painful means: stabbing himself in the stomach with his own sword, an act called seppuku (切腹). When time was available, samurai would have a friend or student, called a kaishaku (介錯, executioner), decapitate them after the initial cut across the abdomen. Even in death, samurai were beholden to honor.

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So ive been in Hobart the last few days. Each day we get a local newspaper delivered to our door so of course ive been reading it to catch up on some local news.

Was an interesting article on the front page of todays paper titled “Sex Trips: Public servants escort disabled to brothels”.

From the article:

“Intellectually disabled men are being taken on organised trips to Hobart brothels by heath workers. Under official guidelines, Department of Health and Human Services workers have official permission to arrange visits to sex workers for their clients”

Not sure how i feel about this issue. Struck me as kinda funny being pasted on the front page of the local Hobart newspaper, but i guess it all comes down to equal opportunity for the disabled. *shrugs*

Through the wonder of the internet, the article is actually online

So go here and read for yourself, and post your comments below so my blog looks cool with lots of comments

The student talk thing went well. It was announced that we all received internships, so i guess no its official and i can start a new category on my blog for it

Wade, Ashely and I all had to stand up and talk a bit about our experiences so far with the Student Developer scholorships. I aimed my talk more at telling people about myself and how i come about the scholorship and stuff like that. Didnt demo any code, which was ok cause Ashley and Wade did.

Everyone seemed to like our talks, had a few people come up to us seperatly after the talk and the following days asking about stuff, was kinda cool.

Rest of the conference was spent chatting to people, listening to people presenting and eating free food. Has been really good.

So yeah, most of the people seem to have flights back this arvo, but me and a few others dont leave till tomorrow morning. So tonight i think illhave tea down stairs. Seems a reasonable price. Ashely is still around as well so might go find him to eat with.

Flying back tomorrow morning, via a 5 hour stop over in brisbane, should be ok though, ill find stuff to occupy me in brisbane.

All in all, the AUC conference was really good. Stay tuned for the addition of a ‘Apple Intern’ category and details