I made my first appearance on ABC Radio National last week with a story on The Science Show. It was a wonderful opportunity to talk about Carl Sagan and the Voyager missions, which I’ve been fascinated by for many years. Voyager 1 and 2 were launched by NASA in 1977 to explore the planets Jupiter, [...]
Have you seen Jill Meagher?
There’s been a media frenzy in Melbourne over the disappearance of ABC radio employee Jill Meagher. I’ve met Jill a couple of times recently at ABC Melbourne. She’s just a lovely person and I hope she turns up safe and soon. Please share the above image. There’s also a Help us find Jill Meagher community [...]
Who’s this twit?
Well what d’ya know? I did it again! Slightly less witty than my debut Q&A re-tweet on March 7: But a thrill all the same! Last night’s episode of ABC TV’s “Q&A” was broadcast live from Albury-Wodonga (obviously they weren’t in both towns. I forget which one they were in. But it was certainly one [...]
The Twitter Holy Grail: Retweeted by Q&A!
I couldn’t believe it. Last night was the first time I’d twittered along to ABC TV’s political discussion programme “Q&A” and my second ever use of the #qanda hash-tag was put on TV! They were talking about the Tea Party movement in the United States, and whether that sort of movement would ever happen in [...]
Tom’s employed. Now David M. Green wants a job!
The image you see above is a photo of my bed, lined with 22 rejection letters, the majority of which I’ve received in the last 2 years. And don’t worry, I’m aware of the irony of so many examples of rejection placed at a location where I’m usually quite successful at getting jobs… This is [...]




