Sunday, May 29, 2005


The force is strong in this one...

...part of the Jedi training involves jungle camouflage assignments... No, but really... saw the boy this weekend. He has really blossomed in the last few months. He is speaking a *lot* more... He knows all the animals (except he calls sheep a "baa"). He knows "big" things. He loves sticks especially "bik stids" (big sticks) and "bik gucks". We still havent worked out colors (everything is white). Hes the cutest boy in the whoooole world. I lugged 500 tons of toys up to Tamworth and we spent an hour digging a hole with my (one and only) spoon. Kids! :) Posted by Hello

Friday, May 27, 2005

Ian gets the Crap beaten out of him by mum. He got off lightly considering she was trying to set him on fire. I love my family. Somebody help me...


Real reality TV... Media gets so close to this case that I feel like I am in the court room. You cant help but feel for this girl, guilty or not, a 20 year prison sentence has got to hit you hard. Why do we care about Schapelle? Because we *know* about Schapelle. How many other people are in that prison that shouldnt be there? One thing Ive learnt over time is that the system is "Just"... but its certainly not "Fair"... Posted by Hello

Thursday, May 26, 2005

Going to Copenhagen? You need this!

Byens Puls

U2 using Mobile I.T. to fight AIDS and poverty

Anyone who's been to a rock concert lately knows that the old days of holding up lighters during ballads has been replaced by the more modern, high-tech glow of the cell phone. But the Irish band U2 has taken mobile communications to a whole other level--and for a great cause... InformationWeek Weblog Also, check out the ONE Campaign at http://www.one.org

Wednesday, May 25, 2005

Next iTunes to support podcasts

BBC NEWS | Technology | Next iTunes to support podcasts: "'With the next version of iTunes, due within 60 days, there will now be an easy way for everyone to find and subscribe to podcasts', Apple said in a statement."


Fark! Graham Kennedy dies at age 71: Tributes from friends and colleagues have poured in for The King of Australian television, Graham Kennedy, who died early today after a long illness. http://www.smh.com.au/news/TV--Radio/Tributes-flow-in-for-Kennedy/2005/05/25/1116950723051.html Posted by Hello

Sporting drug mix has lethal power

Pffft - I was doing this mix back in the early nineties! Get with it lads... anything that rhymes with "ene" is "good" for you! Caffeine, Ephedrine, Nicotiene, Panadine, Benzedrine, Amphetamine... the list goes on...Sporting drug mix has lethal power - Sport - smh.com.au

Tuesday, May 24, 2005

Now that Ive lost my COBOL sponsorship Ive had to find a new product endorsement deal...

Monday, May 23, 2005

O...M...F...G...

A handheld gaming platform with GPS! Now what am I going to do with my other hand!!?? ;-) Welcome to gizmondo.com

MoGeoBlogging

I am sooo close to my MoGeoBlogging dream... to be able to send mms images from my phone to my blog with positional information included... and i only had to click on (and *understand*) a link that read: "Geotagging Flickr photos, with GoogleMaps via a cool Greasemonkey script and bookmarklet" Im starting to get the impression that I *may* be a geek... Geobloggers - the map is the territory

Thursday, May 19, 2005

the journey complete, it is...

Wednesday, May 18, 2005

Darth Jackass. We are at the premiere of episode 3. There are far too many geeks around me. I need my inhaler!


I guess the whole world knows that Kylie has been diagnosed with breast cancer. I wish her a rapid and full recovery... Posted by Hello

Monday, May 16, 2005


Darth Felix... Oh, btw, my Mum thought this was real. Oh, and props goin out to my bro for dodgeying this up in photoshop... Posted by Hello


QUITO, Ecuador (Reuters) - A volcano spewed ash and lava onto part of the ecologically delicate Galapagos Islands on Friday, threatening to kill vegetation and some animals on the island of Fernandina, officials said. The islands, of the coast of Ecuador, are considered one of the most important natural preserves in the world. "Evidently a lot of vegetation will be burned and some animals, especially iguanas, will die," Galapagos National Park Director Washington Tapia told Reuters. "But considering that Fernandina is the most pristine island of the archipelago, we don't have to worry much. This is a natural process," he said. No humans live on Fernandina, the westernmost island in the formation. The volcano, also called Fernandina, shot a column of ash and gas 7 kilometers (4.3 miles) into the air while lava descended its banks. The lava could reach the Pacific Ocean in five days, Tapia said. Sea lions, penguins and bullfinches also live on Fernandina. Posted by Hello

Saturday, May 14, 2005

Car on fire mona vale rd and pacific hwy. The fire brigade responded quickly to bring the fire under control. Images copyright CNN (chris news network)

Friday, May 13, 2005

Darth Bix. Apparently there is not enough fibre in this cereal, so when you go to the toilet you need to use the force.

Thursday, May 12, 2005

Oil Cooled PC

via SlashDot, JaredOfEuropa writes "Forget fancy watercooled CPUs or complicated heat pipes. Annoyed with the noise of the forced-air cooling in his computer, this guy simply dumped his entire motherboard in an aquarium filled with mineral oil. (coral cache). No modifications were necessary; he even left the fans running to keep the oil moving about. The only thing not submersed in oil is the hard disk."
oilcomputer.com ~~~ the oilcomputer paradise

Happy 25th Pac Man!

Pac Man is only 9 days older than my little baby brother, Nathan awwwwww!
Pac Man celebrates his 25th birthday - May. 10, 2005

Wednesday, May 11, 2005

I'm geoURL'ed now!

I've embedded ICBM MetaTags in the blog now so you can see where I am and who my neighbours are! "Why?" you ask... geek + gps + blog = geoURL! :)

Monday, May 09, 2005

For rob... I won another cloth badge because im good at running around in the bush. I got a bronze order of merit for my performance in the 2004 Orienteering season. A food hamper or some petrol would have been nice. But i guess i can use the badge to cover the holes in my tattered clothes... Should have taken golf lessons...

Saturday, May 07, 2005

Have you seen elton john and my brother ian in the same room...

Friday, May 06, 2005

Yes. That fire exit sign is made of cardboard. Guess what i am working on site for a client i first worked at 10 years ago. They have a mascot. His name is raymond. Not everybody loves raymond. The offices are in one of those massive sterile industrial estates where everything is placed just so. It looks like a 1:1 scale model of itself. The real trees were selected because they look fake. There is a shuttle bus to the oh so fashionable mall where all the drones migrate to for sustenance. I am jacks diminished sense of individuality. All is well in our little world. As long as we keep working the company will provide us with defence from the dangers lurking on the outside. We need not be alarmed that we are surrounded by wasteland of criminal activity or that the site was previously a chemical dumping ground... Just keep working... And smiling... But mostly working...

Thursday, May 05, 2005

Just following orders...

Tuesday, May 03, 2005

Email time travel

The last 3 posts (previous to this post) were emailed via Flickr MANY days ago... I even recreated one of them because I thought it was completely lost.
 
Sorry about the confusion there but it wierded me out too...
 
c.

This is my new desktop at work. Yes, i am bored... And a geek.

Cooking class. If you look closely you can see some of the ingredients. They include a cow, a pig and a sheep. Oh yeah... A dog too... For "ruff"age. :-)