Rubens Blog
Rubens Blog
Ruben Hillier
Hi I am Ruben Hillier. My handle, since back in the day, is tregeagle. My pronouns are he/him.
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This kid was born, luckily without inheriting my giant nose. If it doesn't play download the original and figure it out. 21 years ago Em came into the world, it was another of those moments . In my last post I was attempting to compare...
About 28 years and 8 months ago I was terrified of the future. Looking back I had every right to be. Time telescopes in like the scene in a movie when the shit hits the fan. In life however the dénoûment never really arrives, or at least...
Bicycles I have loved During the early 90s I read a biographical account by a young man who journeyed around the world on his bicycle. Like all my favourite books I gave it away at some point and have regretted it ever since. I cannot...
I had to drop something to Re at work early on a Sunday morning. On the way home I thought I’d go sit in a cafe with my laptop like one of those fancy-shmancy people. I rarely do this but the house is a mess and I wanted to be alone with...
I don't know why I do it ... but I like assembling pictures of MJD looking at MJD I got back from visiting MJD in Melbourne yesterday. I managed to get a flight for not much more then the petrol would have cost. I only had to drive the...
Road trip to Melbourne I just booked a few nights in Melbourne. I'm driving my old jalopy down the silver-city highway to visit my pal, @MJD . In-line with my current obsessional thinking I have made a list of some boat-dealers in the...
My Grandfathers motor yacht, Roshnara It's Sunday afternoon and there is a boat for sale in Cairns, it looks like a tough old sea kindly boat. I will be back to work tomorrow. So, I will kick the can down the track. Accumulating my stash...
ERRATA : I got the audio files mixed up. I actually reposted the the first episode . The second recording, as it turned out, was made in March last year. I recorded it on my Purism phone but the audio quality is terrible which is a shame...
This post is possible because of Neil Goodman (pictured) who first introduced me to Andy Whites, Rave On . Thanks Neil. As I write this I am listening to Andy Whites' latest album, This Garden is Only Temporary for the second time. It...
Live edit text in your web-browser Just a quick post to remind myself of the data URI scheme . This is something I should be incredibly familiar with given my history of work but I am mostly clueless. This morning I have been helping my...
Back in early 2017 Re and I made a five year plan. It was vague and mainly concerned with paying off our mortgage. I had not had a mortgage for 15 years and was quite upset with the feeling that I was going rapidly backwards financially....
Brokers | Research | Yachts | Designers | inspiration | forums | redtape On my bookshelf I have an old copy of Bristows Book of Yachts . It travelled with me, 26 years ago, from the UK to Australia. It has always been a reminder of a...
A map of St Anthony As a child, shortly after I had lost my golden mantle of 'the-youngest', my father would take my two brothers and I to St Anthony. My Dad had made several 'shrimping nets' which we would push around knee deep in the...
I went for a bicycle ride this morning. Our town is in lockdown accordingly we may exercise within a 5km radius of our homes. I did not know where to ride. Without a thought I headed north-west to the graveyard. On the way I pedalled...
Last week I was on leave from work. On Saturday morning I packed a tent and sleeping bag onto my bicycle. By lunchtime it was obvious that our region was going into lockdown. So, I unpacked everything and settled into a week of being a...