The Ironkeel Collection

By Shon Ellerton

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The musings and reflections of Shon Ellerton

Episode Date
Exploring the World of the Dark Electronica Architect
Jun 15, 2026
8 Magic Traits of Being a Good Manager
Jun 15, 2026
Why I Regret Getting Rid of My Old Textbooks
Jun 15, 2026
Do We Need KPIs and Annual Performance Reviews?
Jun 15, 2026
Disloyalty is Rewarded
Jun 15, 2026
Don’t Kill Off the Company with a Crappy Website
Jun 14, 2026
My 12 Hot Tips on How to Run a Successful IT Consultancy
Jun 14, 2026
Flexible Working Needed More Than Ever to Save Our Cities and Dying Country Towns
Jun 14, 2026
The Most Aggressive Senior Business Executive I Had Ever Encountered
Jun 14, 2026
In God We Trust: Why Do We Refer to God So Much?
Jun 14, 2026
The Chess Craze and When My Nine-Year-Old Son Finally Beat Me
Jun 14, 2026
Why Am I Taking Cold Showers?
Jun 14, 2026
I Really Enjoyed Going to a Body Mind and Psychic Expo
Jun 14, 2026
Stop Being a Slave to Your Smartphone by Restricting Sound Notifications to Phone Calls and Texts Only
Jun 14, 2026
How Joe Escaped From his Niche to Being Promoted
Apr 20, 2024
A Clear and Concise Position Description Will Always Get You the Right Person for the Job
Apr 19, 2024
Ward Off Pesky Flies with the Invincible Fly Shield
Apr 19, 2024
Lower the Bar to Get Ahead
Apr 19, 2024
How Changing a Toilet Roll Determines One’s Personality
Apr 19, 2024
How I Got Nearly Arrested for Threatening a Snowflake
Apr 19, 2024
Why Not Spend Your Holiday at the Grand Wizard Pool?
Apr 06, 2024
Your Physical Fitness Is More Important Than Your Work
Mar 04, 2024
Am I Really Twisting Solid Metal In My Mind?
Mar 04, 2024
My Total Obsession and Perseverance with Mountaineering
Mar 04, 2024
I Enjoy the Show, but Don’t Expect Me to Cheer and Scream
Mar 04, 2024
Why I Started BJJ and How It Relates to Freemasonry
Mar 04, 2024
Want to Drive Like a Retard? Come to Australia!
Mar 04, 2024
The Reason Why It’s on Sale, is because there’s Usually Something Wrong With It
Mar 04, 2024
The Annoying Trend of YouTubers Ignoring Full Stops
Mar 04, 2024
Why going to a Kraftwerk Concert Felt Weird
Dec 15, 2023
Bleak and Desolate Environments often Promote Deep and Complex Thinking
Nov 19, 2023
The Left’s Obsession with Posturing to Indigenous Activism
Nov 19, 2023
The Weird Observations and Barriers in Lucid Dreaming
Nov 19, 2023
The Leaf Blower Man Cometh!
Sep 07, 2023
Silicon Valley is a Hellhole, Unless You’re Gilded
Sep 07, 2023
My Fascination with Decaying Seaside Resorts
Sep 07, 2023
Losing My Best Friend to God
Sep 07, 2023
Never Ever Think of Using AI To Conjure Up A Loved One
Jul 29, 2023
Why All Professionals Need Business Cards
Jul 29, 2023
The Death of Affirmative Action Looms Near
Jul 28, 2023
Break Out of the Mould and Vote for a New Party
Jul 28, 2023
Without the Power of Debate, Mankind Will Suffer
Jul 27, 2023
You Must Say YES to The Voice. Or Else!
Jul 27, 2023
How Big is Your Circle of Tolerance?
Jul 27, 2023
Whataboutism, Stay-in-your-lane-ism, and Laughing Emoticons
Jul 27, 2023
A Campaign to Eradicate Satire and Sarcasm?
Jul 27, 2023
Rediscovering our Passion of Space Exploration
Jul 27, 2023
Xi Jinping Takes an Idea from Winnie the Pooh
Jul 27, 2023
Why Do I Need 3 Smartphone Apps to Manage My Child’s School Activities?
Jul 27, 2023
The Importance of Understanding How, Why and When Data is Collected
Jul 27, 2023
Our Kids Are Drowning in Nonstop Low-Grade Stimulation
Jul 27, 2023
First World Problems are Just as Important!
Jul 27, 2023
Why Men Need Man Caves
Jul 27, 2023
How Does the Red and Blue Pill Work in Today’s Society?
Jul 27, 2023
10 Pieces of Electronica Which You Must Simply Listen To
Jul 27, 2023
How Could Anyone Work in a Nail Salon?
Jul 27, 2023
Cricket is Such a Weird Game
Jul 27, 2023
Why Can’t I Sit Over There? The Place is Almost Empty.
Jul 27, 2023
Christmas and New Year’s Is Over! Hooray!
Jul 27, 2023
5 Reasons Trading Should Be Allowed on Sundays and Public Holidays
Jul 26, 2023
5 Little Rules Every Conversationalist Should Follow
Jul 26, 2023
We Must Delve into the Unknown to Further Science
Jul 26, 2023
Elon Musk is the New Running Man
Jul 26, 2023
The Quest for Healthy Low-Carb Fast Food
Jul 26, 2023
What Is the Point of Freemasonry?
Jul 26, 2023
I Must Have My Water Bottle!
Jul 26, 2023
I’m Leaving Twitter Because I’m a Snowflake
Jul 26, 2023
Innovation and Ingenuity Will Solve Our Problems
Jul 26, 2023
Are We Becoming Cloud Slaves?
Jul 25, 2023
My Response to a Failed Speeding Fine Review
Jul 21, 2023
Kill Daylight Savings!
Jul 21, 2023
Is Working From Home as the Norm Sustainable?
Jul 21, 2023
Mindfulness and Playing an LP
Jul 21, 2023
Ten Minutes School Lunchtime? You’re Joking!
Jul 21, 2023
Most Fashion Shows are Grotesque Costume Parties
Jul 21, 2023
The Motorway Bridge ‘Mystery’ Car. Why is it there?
Jul 21, 2023
I’m a Good Person Because I Have Digital Flair!
Jul 20, 2023
Children’s Birthdays and Still More Lego!
Jul 20, 2023
Will Victorians Ban the Letter ‘Z’ Next?
Jul 20, 2023
The Tenacity and Stoicism of the British Ice Cream Van Man
Jul 20, 2023
We Must Punish the Unvaccinated
Jul 20, 2023
The Man with the Metal File and the Toilet Roll Holder
Jul 20, 2023
Walking and Sailing the Mysterious and Weird Essex Shoreline and Estuaries
Jul 20, 2023
In Search of Anas Rufus Oculus, the Horror of the Pond
Jul 20, 2023
The Bogus Scotus Hearings are Shambolic Charades
Jul 20, 2023
How Star Trek Can Teach Us to Think Outside the Box
Jul 20, 2023
Black Lives Matter, Black Squares and Fraud
Jul 20, 2023
Having Lots of Fun with Airport Security and Customs
Jul 20, 2023
That’s it! I’ve Had it With the COVID BS!
Jun 20, 2023
My Thoughts on the Ukraine and Russia Conflict
Jun 20, 2023
Struggling to Find the Right Fit for a Data Role? Try Easing Up on the Cloud Jargon.
Jun 20, 2023
Walking to Work with a Parrot on my Shoulder
Jun 20, 2023
I’m Angry Because the Pandemic Isn’t Taken Seriously Anymore
Jun 19, 2023
Cubes, Spheres and Other Geometric Shapes in Science-Fiction and Horror Movies and Writings
Jun 17, 2023
Growing Up with Haunted Houses
Jun 17, 2023
Autonomous Cars are Not the Future
Jun 17, 2023
The Desperate Cling to Keep Orthodox Thinking Alive
Jun 17, 2023
33 Great Morals and Dogma Quotes
Jun 15, 2023
The Four-Dimensional World of Wikipedia
Jun 14, 2023
The Evils of Capital Punishment and Mob Justice
Jun 14, 2023
Dob by Mob and Facial Recognition
Jun 14, 2023
Should COVID Vaccines be Mandated?
Jun 14, 2023
8 Reasons Why I Write Articles
Jun 14, 2023
What Happened to You, Australia, during that Pandemic?
Jun 14, 2023
What Exactly is a Conspiracy Theorist Anyway?
Jun 14, 2023
Landing a Great Job only to find it’s a Dead Job
Jun 12, 2023
If Klaatu Can Neutralise Electrical Power, How About Killing the Internet?
Jun 12, 2023
Clint Eastwood Comforts a Confederate Soldier
Jun 12, 2023
My Little Story on Mushrooms
Jun 12, 2023
Quick! Can You Solve This Question?
Jun 12, 2023
The Sheer Grossness and Absurdity of Masks
Jun 12, 2023
Make the Data Fit the Desired Result
Jun 12, 2023
Papercuts are Dangerous!
Jun 11, 2023
What Freemasonry Means to Me
Jun 11, 2023
Voting Suppression, Democracy Destroyed! Really?
Jun 11, 2023
Why I Joined the School Board
Jun 10, 2023
Facebook Has Got Terribly Boring and Mediocre
Jun 07, 2023
Data is Never Deleted!
Jun 07, 2023
Are We Slowly Tiring of Trying to be Antiracist?
Jun 07, 2023
Escape the Cocoon and be with Real People
Jun 07, 2023
Are School Uniforms Good or Bad? Revisited!
Jun 07, 2023
If Browsers Were Real People in a ‘War Room’
Jun 07, 2023
Keep the ‘Mustn’t Grumbles’ Away from Social Media!
Apr 25, 2023
How I Managed to Expose One of The Most Secret Societies
Apr 25, 2023
Yes! There is Always Time for a Coffee Chat!
Apr 25, 2023
If I Could Go Back in Time in my Career
Apr 25, 2023
Hunting for Caddyshack Swimming Pools
Apr 25, 2023
Why Diversifying in News is Like Being a Hi-Fi Aficionado
Apr 25, 2023
The Vanguards of Free Thought and Reason
Apr 24, 2023
Around the World in 80 Days — The Vile Drinking Game
Apr 24, 2023
My Childhood Obsession with Communism
Apr 24, 2023
Mixing Sport with Politics and Ideologies is a Bad Idea
Apr 24, 2023
Wong Kei — One of the World’s Rudest Chinese Restaurants
Apr 24, 2023
The Great American Political Circus
Apr 22, 2023
Looks Like Biden! Now what?
Apr 22, 2023
Be a Daredevil and Hire an E-Scooter!
Apr 22, 2023
Big Tech Giants Get a Grilling Again!
Apr 21, 2023
Commuting on the Fart Express
Apr 21, 2023
My Critique on White Fragility
Mar 29, 2023
2020: The Year of Hate
Mar 29, 2023
Robin Hood, Pirates and Ducks — My Story of Guns
Mar 22, 2023
The Nearly Forgotten Libertarians
Mar 22, 2023
Waking Up Now from a Coma Would be Mind-Blowing
Mar 17, 2023
Scurvy, Hydroxychloroquine and Lemons
Mar 16, 2023
My Open Letter to Mr Biden as an Australian
Mar 16, 2023
Win Debates on Social Media Using 10 Simple Rules
Mar 16, 2023
Modern Day Panopticons and Star Chambers
Mar 16, 2023
Mushrooms, Doric Columns and the Shipping Forecast
Mar 08, 2023
Five Simple Rules for Unbiased News
Mar 08, 2023
Focus on Building Yourself Rather Than Destroying Others
Mar 03, 2023
We Are on the Path to Martial Law
Mar 03, 2023
The Quest for Better News in a World of Chaos
Mar 03, 2023
Wokeland
Mar 03, 2023
Focus on Waste, Not Climate Change
Mar 02, 2023
Courage and Writing
Mar 01, 2023
Welcome To CHAZ
Mar 01, 2023
Of Homelessness and Charity
Mar 01, 2023
Neutrality, Politics and Football
Mar 01, 2023
Good Grief! Sweden is Killing its People!
Mar 01, 2023
Pigeonholing and Little Bits of Paper
Feb 26, 2023
Learn to Build a Mobile Phone Network in Less Than An Hour
Feb 01, 2023
Our Condescending and Judgmental Behaviour During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Feb 01, 2023
Of War, Disease and Comedy
Jan 27, 2023
The Illuminati, World Order and Muzak
Jan 27, 2023
Secretly Yearning for an Outbreak to Happen
Jan 27, 2023
Brexit! A Moment of Sadness?
Jan 27, 2023
I’m Happy to Connect but Don’t Try Selling Me Stuff
Jan 25, 2023
Tearing Down the Wall of Digital Copyright Protection
Jan 25, 2023
Too Much Personalisation? Too Little Respect?
Jan 25, 2023
My Reviews of Books I Read for 2019
Jan 25, 2023
Get Off Social Media if You’re in a Bad Mood
Jan 25, 2023
Breaking Backwards Compatibility
Jan 25, 2023
You Must Have Your Sounds Turned On
Jan 24, 2023
Doing More Generates More Time
Jan 24, 2023
Australia’s Proposed Cash Ban Will Not Work
Jan 19, 2023
Not Getting Feedback from Interviews? Here’s a Trick.
Jan 19, 2023
Should I Jump Back into a Career That I Took a Break From?
Jan 19, 2023
Railways Are Not Supposed to Make Profits
Jan 19, 2023
There’s Nothing Wrong with Writing About Trivial Things
Jan 18, 2023
The Future of Paywalled News Articles
Jan 18, 2023
Stretch Your Boundaries Where You Get Your News From
Jan 18, 2023
The Joys and Melancholy of Christmas
Jan 18, 2023
The Tragedy of the Bushfires has one Silver Lining
Jan 17, 2023
Let’s Blame All the Politicians
Jan 17, 2023
Reminiscing on the Creepiness of Waxworks Museums
Jan 17, 2023
What the Hell is Wrong with Our Diet?
Jan 17, 2023
How Do We Learn to Hate Each Other?
Jan 17, 2023
Of Handwriting, Cursive, Fountain Pens and Ink
Jan 17, 2023
Don’t Let the Trolls Discourage You from Writing
Jan 17, 2023
Four Little Words to Watch Out for and Use Sparingly
Jan 17, 2023
Is it Time to Get Rid of Ethnicity Checkboxes?
Jan 17, 2023
Could English Become the One Surviving Language?
Jan 15, 2023
Your GPS Secretly Wants You to Get Lost
Jan 15, 2023
Bad Managers Can Do More Damage Than You Think
Jan 14, 2023
Destination Drab: No Tourists Here!
Jan 14, 2023
Did Anyone Actually Read the Paris Agreement?
Jan 14, 2023
I Hate Subscription Software! However…
Jan 13, 2023
How I Got Blessed Today on the Train
Jan 13, 2023
10 Reasons to Consider Contracting
Jan 13, 2023
The Bliss of Not Driving a Car to Work
Jan 13, 2023
DIKW Pyramids and Car Crashes
Jan 13, 2023
10 Pitfalls to Avoid with Data Warehouses
Jan 12, 2023
Our Ageing Computer Programming Workforce
Jan 12, 2023
How to Make TV Interviews Look Very Important Indeed!
Jan 12, 2023
Will I Have to Destroy Another Printer?
Jan 12, 2023
The Rise and Fall of Overcomplicated Systems
Jan 12, 2023
9 Ways of Being an Effective Technical Lead
Jan 12, 2023
It’s OK to See a Psychologist
Jan 11, 2023
Tai Chi for Frequent Flyers
Jan 11, 2023
Working Around Fake Reviews
Jan 11, 2023
VBA! Will It Ever Die?
Jan 11, 2023
There Will Be No More Climbing on Ayers Rock
Jan 11, 2023
Scared of Phone Interviews?
Jan 11, 2023
You Too Can Discourage Petrol Price Gouging
Jan 11, 2023
Should Notre Dame Cathedral be Restored?
Jan 11, 2023
Using Social Media to Promote Your Local Business
Jan 11, 2023
Are School Uniforms Good or Bad?
Jan 04, 2023
Everything You Wanted to Know About Junk Mail
Jan 04, 2023
5 Levels of Spaghetti, Databases and Life
Jan 04, 2023
Don’t be Afraid to Write Your Own Articles
Jan 03, 2023
The Absurdity of French Arthouse Cinema
Dec 31, 2022
Who Will Put the Bell on the Cat?
Dec 29, 2022
Should We Bring in the Germans to Run our Schools?
Dec 29, 2022
The Infamous Coin-Operated Shopping Trolleys at Aldi
Dec 29, 2022
Are Property Subdivisions Going Out of Control?
Dec 29, 2022
Immerse Yourself into Something You May Not Believe In
Dec 29, 2022
Are Self-Service Checkouts Still a Cool Idea Anymore?
Dec 29, 2022
Building Railways with Shared Cycleways
Dec 04, 2022
Motorcycle Rider Mentality Could Save Your Life!
Dec 04, 2022
True Friendship Should Always Prevail Over Ideology
Dec 04, 2022
Are You Being Bullied by Your Local Council?
Dec 04, 2022
Using Time as the Universal Currency
Dec 01, 2022
What Makes Fortified International Borders So Intriguing?
Nov 24, 2022
What’s the Big Deal over Vinyl LP Records?
Nov 24, 2022
Are We Being Overwhelmed by Digital Technology?
Nov 23, 2022
The Notorious Powder-Actuated Nailgun
Nov 23, 2022
Overcoming Stress by Lucid Dreaming
Nov 23, 2022
Why Can’t We Agree on One Sensible Date Format?
Nov 23, 2022
Stop Buying More I.T. Products and Resources Than You Really Need
Nov 23, 2022
Qantas’s Bizarre Complimentary Drinks Policy
Nov 23, 2022
Safety Fast
Nov 22, 2022
11 Really Useful Pieces of Free Software
Sep 05, 2022
But We Need Something to Track Our Project Now…!
Sep 04, 2022
British Rail’s Secret Scheme Finally Revealed
Sep 03, 2022
13 Things Worth Knowing Before Visiting China
Sep 02, 2022
10 Ways To Make Australian Roads a More Pleasurable Experience
Sep 02, 2022
Enticing Today’s Teenagers To Write Computer Code
Sep 01, 2022
Refreshable Excel Reports: A Real Quick and Dirty Solution to Business Reporting
Sep 01, 2022
Do You Really Need That Expensive Online Work Management System?
Sep 01, 2022
Has the Internet Really Brought Us Any Closer Together?
Sep 01, 2022
Artificial Intelligence is Great… But only as Science Fiction
Sep 01, 2022
Spreadsheets – Demons to Some, Angels to Others
Sep 01, 2022