Obsession of the week: Google Earth. Man that’s cool. Dave’s been busily finding and bookmarking all the places we’ve lived (there’s lots). Places we’ve visited. Then there’s the places we want to visit. It’s awesome. Raises a few questions about … Continue reading →

Sean Corfield has passed me a musical baton: Total Volume (of my MP3 library): 68.5 GB (Hey, I OWN all those CDs. It’s just that I rip everything at 256k/bit) Last CD Bought: “Lost and Found” – Mudvayne (it rocks!) … Continue reading →

I just woke up from 3 hours of sleep – last night we went to the midnight premiere of Revenge of the Sith. I’m dog-tired and have to be at work in less than two hours but I couldn’t resist … Continue reading →

Last Friday week our ISDN stopped working. No phone, no modem, therefore no internet. Today we have it back – 10 fault report phone calls, 8 agonising days, 3 Telstra technicians, and one massive mobile phone bill later. The problem … Continue reading →

Lets do this in reverse, headliners first. I’ve gotta say first up, I’m not a massive Green Day fan. Last time I saw them (at the first Rock-It Festival in 2001) I thought they were good, but I wasn’t blown … Continue reading →

I get newsletter spam from Ziff-Davis in my Hotmail account, which is all it’s good for really. I got one this morning addressed to “Dear Variable Name”. I feel so special!

Because it’s chock full of public holidays, at least for me. Last Monday was Labour Day in Western Australia, where we celebrate the standardization of the eight-hour working day by… having a day off. Makes perfect sense to me! Next … Continue reading →