About me

 Carly Lyddiard

Officially

  • Name: Carly Lyddiard
  • Hometown: Newcastle, Australia
  • Current location: Melbourne, Australia
  • Occupation: Analyst Programmer (.NET Technologies)
Contact
  • Email: carly[dot]lyddiard[at]gmail[dot]com
  • MSN: carly[dot]lyddiard[at]gmail[dot]com
  • Jabber: carly@jabber.org.au
  • Skype: siddhamitra
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Unofficially

I am into a bunch of bits and pieces (and not great at any of them, hehehe).

  • playing fiddle/violin and mandolin
  • travel and outdoors
  • meeting people
  • software development / programming
  • random and hilarious conversations over a beer or nice glass of red wine
  • technology / nerd culture
  • religion, philosophy, culture
  • photography
  • the online society / open source movement
  • computer games (d’oh)
  • bushwalking / hiking
  • reading
Favourite book(s)

Easily Dan Simmon’s Hyperion/Endymion series. Four books: Hyperion, Fall of Hyperion, Endymion, Rise of Endymion. Best story I have ever read, and written perfectly. I’m reading more Dan Simmons as a result.

Captain Corelli’s Mandolin is also way up there, anything by Neal Stephenson (especially Cryptonomicon).

Favourite Music

I like a lot of different types of music, but here are a few of the artists I am enjoying of late: Architecture in Helsinki, Kimya Dawson, Laura Marling, Joni Mitchell, Jeff Lang, Bernard Fanning, Josh Pyke, Emiliana Torrini, The Herd, Hilltop Hoods, John Butler Trio, John Lee Hooker, urgh – the list goes on.

News

Back in Australia. Living, working and adventuring in Melbourne.

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Trip Stats

  • Time away: 11.5 months
  • Continent: South America
  • Countries visited: 5
  • Total time in buses: 245 hours
  • Highest altitude: 5000m
  • Times sick (food/water): 0
  • Protests/riots witnessed: 5
  • Times asked for money: ∞
  • Times "Gasolina" song heard: ∞
  • Flaites spotted: ∞
  • Times called "Gringa": 0
  • Times misunderstood: always
  • Times confused by Spanish: ∞
  • Times lost: >10
  • Fiestas: uncountable
  • Cool people met: ∞
  • Llamas encountered: thousands
  • Famous llamas encountered: 1
  • Times¨"shall I be mother" heard: too many
  • % Brits who love Shane Warne:100
  • Nerd jokes from Scott: ∞

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