about/OLIVER
Geoff has been blamed on numerous occasions for introducing Oliver to the addictive pastime of home brewing. Oliver has a bit of catching up to do. He has only made 1200 bottles since 1995. Being from Adelaide, South Australia, Oliver lists his favorite beers as most of the Cooper's Brewery range, but was heard to comment while drinking a Pilsner Urquell on tap in Prague in 1999: “This is the best beer I've ever had.”
Oliver studied journalism at the University of South Australia's Magill campus and now works at The Age in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
e-mail Oliver
For general homebrewing or beer questions try
posting a query on our homebrew and beer forum.
Oliver's favorite sites
Fun sites
- The Port "Power" Joke and Picture Repository
- Do you hate Port Adelaide Football Club? Reckon they're scum? Think that all you pay taxes for is to support the welfare cheats, bogans and single mums who barrack for Port Adelaide? Then this is the site for you.
- The Happiest Hour
- Find a happy hour in Melbourne, Australia.
- Soda Play
- While away the hours.
- The Hot Meter
- Hot or Not
- How Many Would it Take
- Hot or Not
- All variations on the one theme: people post pics of themselves and you rate them. Read what others thought. Once you start you can't stop.
- Dean and Nigel
- A very finny site with pics of two guys from Britain imitating people they see on the street.
- The Straight Dope
- WHY do pigeons bob their heads? WHY does Heinz ketchup say “57 varieties”? I only see one variety. IF ALL one billion Chinese jumped at once, would the earth be thrown out of its orbit? DID astronaut Neil Armstrong muff his historic “one small step” line? WAS Isaac Newton a virgin? Find out here.
- dack.com
- Just a silly site.
- Boonie for President
- An Australian republic? Sure, but only if David Boon is president.
Science sites
- Seti@home
- Use your home computer in the search for extraterrestrial life. You can also join our clubs at seti@home - “Homerew” and “Coopers Ales”
- Popular Science Magazine
- Keep up with the latest developments in the world of science. This is a modern-day How and Why Wonderbook.
HTML and computer sites
- Mozilla.org
- Home of the best web browser - Firefox - and email client - Thunderbird. If you haven't experienced Firefox, you haven't lived!
- Webmonkey at hotwired
- Web developer's resource
- World Wide Web Consortium
- The creator of web specifications and guidelines and protocols for software and tools. Visit here to see the latest specifications for HTML run your web page through a test to make sure it conforms.
- Webmonkey at hotwired
- Web developer's resource
- Easydos
- Internet guide to DOS. (If you don't know what DOS is, don't bother going here.)
- Interesting DOS programs
- Links to hundreds of DOS programs on the Internet.
- HTML Validator
- An excellent, free HTML validator to dowload.
Reference sites
- ATM Locator
- Need cash? Find and automatic teller machine anywhere in the world.
- Refdesk.com
- This site has links to sites about every topic in the known universe.
- How Stuff Works
- A wealth of information about how stuff works, from computers, to atomic clocks, to boolean logic, to telephones. It's all here.
- Acronym finder
- Reckon you know an acronym that's not on this site? Think again.
- Atlapedia Online
- Full color physical and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.
Sport sites
- Sturt Football Club
- Home of the Champions #1
- Adelaide Football CLub
- Home of the Champions #2
Other sites
- Dan Quayle and the Potatoe Boy
- “I know he’s not an idiot, but he needs to study more. Do you have to go to college to be vice president?” The story of how a 12-year-old gave a US vice-president a moment he (and anyone else) will forget.
- Thorn Park Country House
- An award-winning gourmet retreat in South Australia's Clare Valley wine country. The accommodation is fantastic, and the food is to die for. Michael and David are the perfect hosts.
- Steamranger
- Aaaah, the magic of steam locomotion (and early diesel).
- Script-o-rama
- Find the script to your favorite movie or TV show.
- Home of The King
- Elvis like you've never seen, or heard, him before.
- Bryce Rohde
- Bryce Rohde, my great uncle and a jazz pianist and member of the Australian Jazz Quintet which took American by storm in the 1950s.
- The Age newspaper
- They pay my wages.
